June 22, 2015

Finest Hour 106, Spring 2000

Page 48

This delightful cartoon was found amongst a pile of ephemera. It is unsigned but I would guess that it dates from about 1942. From their expressions it is clear that Roosevelt and Churchill, cheered on by Stalin, are confident that they are on a winning streak in their game of dominoes. In contrast Messrs. Hirohito, Hitler and Mussolini are already contemplating defeat. Perhaps it is because Churchill, owing to artistic licence or otherwise, is about to play an unbeatable double-nine?

In pencil on the reverse of the original is the endorsement FDR LIB NY. (Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, New York?) Can any reader confirm the source of the original and identify the artist? –Douglas ]. Hall