us-005578-irn84484-irn9659
scope and content: Ink wash and pencil drawing created by William Sharp, circa 1933.
record resource extent: overall: Height: 15.250 inches (38.735 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
has record set type: Item
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
archival history: The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Ruth Sharp, the wife of William Sharp.
type: RecordSet
has or had some members with language: deu
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1933-12-31
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn84484-irn9659/alternateIDs/1
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Image of a group of men stating around a kiosk, reading broadsides.
has or had holder: us-005578
is or was included in: us-005578-irn84484
biographical 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.
title: Political drawing by William Sharp
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1933-01-01
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn84484-irn9659/acquisitions/1
identifier: irn9659
conditions of use: No restrictions on use