us-005578-irn82307-irn9562
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physical characterisitics and technical requirements: Image of four horses mounted by"deat" figures (skeletons) and a German soldier at the end of the procession, flying across the sky. Below them is a ruined landscape. Recto, in ink, bottom edge of lower left quadrant,"This drawing is the property of Wm. Shar"
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
date: approximately 1930-1945
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has record set type: Item
history: Leon Schleifer was born in 1900 in Germany. He served in the German army at the end of World War I (1914-1918). He became a political cartoonist and his work was published in the anti-Nazi press. He also specialized in courtroom trial sketches. After the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor in 1933, Schliefer emigrated to the United States. He changed his name to William Sharp and continued his career as an editorial cartoonist and illustrator. His work was published in the New York Times, Life Magazine, and other publications. He died in 1961, age sixty-one years.
history: The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Harold Shachner.
identifier: irn9562
is or was included in: us-005578-irn82307
record resource extent: overall: Height: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) | Width: 18.750 inches (47.625 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
title: Drawing by William Sharp