[MENCKEN, H. L.] HOOD, Richard Thomas — SIGNED ORIGINAL ETCHING
A 9" x 12-1/4" ORIGINAL ETCHING of Mencken (image size 7-1/8" x 9") by Richard Thomas Hood SIGNED by the artist and by the combative journalist. Fine image of Mencken seated and staring warily ahead. From the Artists Series created by Richard Thomas Hood (1910-1993), Philadelphia artist and Director of the Pennsylvania Art Project (WPA). Mencken's satirical reporting on the Scopes Trial, which he dubbed the "Monkey Trial," gained him national attention.. Richard Thomas Hood. About Fine