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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Caricature Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Caricature Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Artifact IDMO 1952.259
Object Type Print
Artist (American cartoonist and landscape painter, 1880 - 1954)
Dateca. 1933-1945
Mediumpaper, ink, pencil
Dimensionsoverall H 16 in x W 13 1/8 in (40.6 cm x 33.3 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color monotype print of a painted caricature of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Consisting of FDR's head and shoulders, the right-facing profile portrait shows FDR dressed in a white shirt and a brown suit jacket and necktie. A pair of pince-nez glasses are perched on his nose. The artist's signature is in the lower right corner of the caricature: PLASCHKE / MONOTYPE. A FDR quote is handwritten in pencil below the image: "LET US NOT LOSE OUR SENSE OF HUMOR" –PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated as a bequest of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in 1947.
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPortraits (National Archives Identifier 778816)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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