Wallace Morgan: A Pioneer of American Illustration Born in New York City in 1873, Wallace Morgan’s journey to becoming a celebrated artist was one forged through perseverance and an innate talent for capturing the visual world. His early life, rooted in Albany where his father instilled within him a love for art, set the stage for a career that would profoundly impact the landscape of American illustration. Rather than pursuing a traditional academic path, Morgan’s ambition led him to work as a sketch artist for the New York Sun at just sixteen years old – a remarkably early start in a prof…