Hanging on to the demagogue – Historic Print
(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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A window into the past: Hanging on to the demagogue, preserved in this historic drawing. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hanging on to the demagogue" is an American editorial cartoon dated February 1, 1933, two days after Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany. The drawing was made in crayon and opaque white over a blue pencil underdrawing, a method often used to prepare art for newspaper reproduction. Its title and subjects, Hitler and the swastika, suggest that the American press in early 1933 treated the rise of the National Socialists largely as the work of one politician. The cartoon is a useful example of how editorial artists tried to explain a fast-moving foreign event to readers in a single image.
| Created / published | 1933 Feb. 1. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : crayon and opaque white over blue pencil underdrawing. |
| Genre | Editorial cartoons American.Drawings. |
| Subjects | Hitler, Adolf,--1889-1945. Politicians--Germany--1930-1940. National socialism--1930-1940. Swastika--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,044 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-117733 |
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