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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.
Doble-Nueve
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Doble-Nueve

Artifact IDMO 1956.420.1
Object Type Cartoon
Artist (Cuban caricaturist and illustrator, 1889-1965)
Printer (Cuban lithographic company, founded 1907)
Date1943
Mediumpaper (cardstock), ink, pencil
Dimensionsoverall H 25 1/4 in x W 30 in (64.1 cm x 76.2 cm )
 image H 20 1/2 in x W 26 in (52.1 cm x 66 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color lithograph of a watercolor cartoon depicting caricature images of World War II Allied and Axis leaders. The cartoon features Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, and Benito Mussolini all seated at a card table and engaged in a game of dominoes. Emperor Hirohito and Joseph Stalin are observing the action from behind the chairs of Hitler and Churchill. The artist's facsimile signature is in the lower right corner: MAS/SAG/UER.

The title of the cartoon is printed centered below the illustration: DOBLE-NUEVE [Double-Nine]. Printed below the image, lower left: ACUARELA DE MASSAGUER. Printed below the image, lower right: COMPANIA LITOGRAFICA DE LA HABANA. An original pencil inscription written by the artist in the lower right of the sheet reads: To the Hon. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, / President of the United States of America, / a sincere friend of Cuba. Very respectfully yours / CONRADO W MASSAGUER Havana 1944.

The print is mounted in a window mat.
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 SeriesPolitical Cartoons (National Archives Identifier 749653)
Use Restriction StatusRestricted - Possibly
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