Political cartoon by Rollin Kirby portraying a bloodstained Hitler standing on a pile of human skulls
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Political cartoon by Rollin Kirby portraying a bloodstained Hitler standing on a pile of human skulls
Political cartoon by Rollin Kirby portraying a bloodstained Hitler standing on a pile of human skulls
1940 June 04, approximately 1940 June 04
overall: Height: 18.375 inches (46.673 cm) | Width: 13.875 inches (35.243 cm)
Satirical drawing created by Rollin Kirby and published in the New York Post on June 4, 1940. He inscribed the drawing and gave it to Charles Neal and Lida Thomas on June 4, 1940. The drawing depicts Adolf Hitler holding a bloody sword and standing atop of mound of human skulls. A vulture perches on the pile next to him. Kirby had been a celebrated political cartoonist in the US since World War I (1914-18), and won three Pulitzers in the 1920s. His editorial cartoons appeared daily in a series of New York newspapers. He was known for his bold visual style and his support of the common man against such forces as big business, Hitler and fascism, and the Ku Klux Klan.