O'Er the Ramparts We Watch (U.S. Army Air Forces
Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer, American, 1897 - 1982
1944
Offset lithograph on paper
Overall: 25 × 19 in. (63.5 × 48.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Willis S. Fitch, Class of 1917 or Gift of Edward Tuck, Class of 1862
PS.987.6.708
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Poster
Research Area
Poster
Not on view
Inscriptions
Artist: Schlaikjer; Inscribed, on reverse, in graphite, lower left: Army Air Forces Series
Exhibition History
On All Fronts: Posters from the World Wars in the Dartmouth Collection, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30-July 4, 1999.
Publication History
Diane Miliotes, Nermina Zildzo, War Posters, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1999, listed p.5.
Provenance
Acquired by either Willis Stetson Fitch (1896-1978) or Edward Tuck (1842-1938), date unknown; given to Special Collections, Baker Library, Dartmouth College, date unknown; transferred to present collection, 1987.
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