Drawing by William Sharp
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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.
The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Ruth Sharp, the wife of William Sharp.
approximately 1930-1945
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Drawing by William Sharp
overall: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Width: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm)
Created by William Sharp, circa 1930-1945.
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Image of Hitler in a bed with swastikas on it, cowering from the Black Hornet flying over him. Swastika on bedside stand has been painted over with white tempera. "Home to Roost at Las" is inked out below the"RA" title on lower edge of sheet.)
Title in ink on bottom edge, center. Black hornet title on upper edge of sheet in graphite