This portrait-format drawing depicts a stylized roller skater with an oversized head, curled hair, striped shorts, dark leg coverings, and roller skates. Text beside the figure identifies the subject as Vera McClelland and notes a birthday of Nov. 4. The drawing is signed Chas. R. Steindl and includes a copyright date of March 15, 1939.
The lower inscription includes the artist name (Chas.) Charles R. Steindl and a copyright date of March 15, 1939. After he had emigrated to the U.S.A., Hungarian-born Charles R. Steindl first worked as a photographer. Later, in the 1930s, he wisely turned to the art of caricature, which brought him recognition.
