Original Daniel Robert Fitzpatrick Crayon on Board drawing for the St Louis Dispatch. Signed lower right and dated 1945. Titled lower center, 'Journey's End.' Shown is a version of the Raising of the Flag on Iwo Jima, one of the most enduring images of WWII. 

Daniel Robert Fitzpatrick studied at the Art Institute of Chicago before taking his first cartoonist job for the Chicago Daily News in 1911. He started in 1913 he worked for the St Louis Dispatch and stayed with the paper through retirement. He won the Pulitzer Prize for cartooning twice. He is noted for being one of the first cartoonists to change American opinions on the Nazi part and Swastika symbol thorough his negative imagery of the Nazi party before US involvement. 

Dimensions: 20 3/8" x 17 7/8" board. 18" x 15.5" image

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Good vintage condition. Scattered occasional stains to edges and crayon marks to edges and verso.