H. R. HOPPS DESTROY THIS MAD BRUTE. Circa 1917.

42x28 inches.
Condition B: tears and minor losses in margins and image; creases in image; pinholes in corners. Mounted on board.
A fantastic, political cartoon-style image depicting the horrors of the Germans invading America. A red-tongued and drooling gorilla whose helmet reads "Militarism," is clutching a desperate maiden, her blue dress torn off with one paw, and a bloody club reading "kultur," with the other; against a green background; lettering in orange. Popular folklore has it that this image was the inspiration for King Kong. Rawls p. 66, Paret 32, Borkan cov. and 16.