Soldiers from 1778 and 1943 share this sheet, and the 1943 men are marching past the earlier ones. Bernard Perlin (1918 to 2014) designed it for the US Office of War Information in 1943 as OWI Poster No. 26. Perlin worked in the OWI graphics division. He had trained at the Art Students League.
On the poster
World War II soldiers in brown wool uniforms and coats march forward past Continental Army troops. The Continental Army men stand at attention with muskets. On the nearest modern soldier an American flag patch shows on the shoulder. The dates 1778 and 1943 frame the image, and the palette is browns, blues and greys.
About this print
A digitally restored reproduction, printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art paper with pigment inks.




