Image of a night watchman standing outside the door of a lodging. Recto: German title in graphite at lower left corner of sheet
Created by William Sharp, circa 1930.
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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.
Drawing by William Sharp
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The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Ruth Sharp, the wife of William Sharp.
overall: Height: 14.380 inches (36.525 cm) | Width: 10.120 inches (25.705 cm)