us-005578-irn82307-irn9593
type: RecordSet
physical characterisitics and technical requirements: Aquatint. Image of 5 men, looking scared, standing in a line. Each man's hands are tied together, obviously these are prisoners. Man in the middle has his mouth open in a horrified expression. Print is taped to a board, cellophane is taped to the board over the print. A matte board is tape hinged to the top of the backboard, hole in matte to reveal image. Verso: White adhesive label in upper left corner with"3" typewritten on it. Recto, image: lower left corner, in graphite,"At Daw" -in quotes; to the right of quoted title,"(First State", in graphite. Verso, on board: in ink, upper right quadrant,"Wm Sharp / 6620-108 St / Forest Hills, LI (sp?) / N.Y"
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: The print was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Harold Shachner.
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.
identifier: irn9593
is or was included in: us-005578-irn82307
record resource extent: overall: Height: 18.250 inches (46.355 cm) | Width: 14.250 inches (36.195 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
title: William Sharp aquatint of five prisoners tied together