This black-and-white caricature depicts an exaggerated full-body roller-skating figure with an oversized head, tilted cap, raised fists, striped socks, and roller skates. Handwritten text identifies the subject as “Bill Freeman,” notes “Birthday - August 21.”
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.
