This portrait-format caricature depicts Dorothy Mitchell with an oversized head, curled hair, and roller skates, seated on a rail or bench. Handwritten labels identify the subject as Dorothy Mitchell and note “Birthday, Feb. 18.”
The lower inscription includes the artist name (Chas.) Charles R. Steindl and a copyright date of March 16, 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.
