One, two, — 

• 1941 
• Fitzpatrick, Daniel 
• Drawing 
• Historical item 

5249949

Drawings / paintings

One, two, —

61.5 x 54 cm

1941

Original editorial cartoon drawing done in ink and grease crayon on card for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1941, shows hats of General Johnson and Charles Lindbergh on a spike in front of the White House. General Hugh Johnson and Charles Lindbergh were among the most prominent spokesmen of the America First Committee, which was dedicated to keeping the US out of the war in Europe. By 1941 however Lindbergh, who had once been the most famous man in America, if not the world, had stained his reputation with his apparently pro-German and anti-Semitic sentiments. Earlier in 1941 the Lend-Lease Act, Roosevelt’s proposal to provide arms to Britain without payment, had come into effect, America First saw this as practically a declaration of war against the Axis and had been determined to stop it, so this was a major defeat for them. On May 21, 1941, just before this cartoon was published, the first ship flying an American flag, the Robin Moor, a merchant vessel, was sunk by a German submarine. The efforts of Lindbergh and Johnson have been ‘spiked’ by these events, although the US would not join the war in Europe until the beginning of 1942, and then formally only because Germany declared war on the United States. Framed and matted for an overall size of 61.5 x 54 cm (24.5 x 21.5 inch), image size 47 x 40 cm. Caption bottom centre and signed in ink bottom right with a dedication to Carl C. Mose (about whom more information is given on a note attached to verso) dated May 1941. There is also a label on verso with the name of the framer (illegible) Picture Frame Co. 307 Olive Street, St. Louis. Some staining on the matt, but otherwise in very good condition.