The three horsemen / Henry Simon. – Historic Reproduction
![The three horsemen / Henry Simon., [between 1939 and 1950] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/90/900e3335cb3b-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The three horsemen / Henry Simon. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The three horsemen / Henry Simon.
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Three riders, identified in the record as Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Hideki Tōjō, make up this lithograph by Henry Simon. The horse as a symbol of conquest is a long-standing device in political cartoons, and the title's echo of the riders of Revelation suggests Simon meant these men as harbingers of ruin. Made during World War II, when Germany, Italy and Japan fought together as the Axis powers, the print presents the three leaders as a single threat. Simon signed it in pencil and initialed the stone, so the hand of the artist is visible in the finished impression.
| Created / published | [between 1939 and 1950] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1930-1950.Caricatures 1930-1950. |
| Notes | Signed in pencil and initialled on stone. |
| Subjects | Hitler, Adolf,--1889-1945. Tōjō, Hideki,--1884-1948. Mussolini, Benito,--1883-1945. World War, 1939-1945--Axis. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,131 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-152043 |
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