[Caricature] Linden (ca. 1940). "Pres. Roosevelt in zijn Sumner Welles Uitkijktoren"

Double-portrait in blue pen, watercolour and gouache, titled and signed "Linden" in blue pen, under passepartout.

Sl. yellowed. Skillful political cartoon. Sumner Welles was Under Secretary of State from 1936 to 1943, during Roosevelt's presidency. Roosevelt relied on Welles much more than on the official Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, who became of Welles' enemy. Hull forced him to leave government service after it was revealed Welles had solicited two men for sex.