• Aviator in a leather bomber jacket among clouds above heavy bombers, 1944 vintage WW2 USAAF poster by Schlaikjer
  • Aviator in a leather bomber jacket among clouds above heavy bombers, 1944 vintage WW2 USAAF poster by Schlaikjer
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O'er the Ramparts We Watch 1944

O'er the Ramparts We Watch 1944

Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer1944

The clouds around the airman carry a faint suggestion of wings.

Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer designed the poster in 1944. The United States War Department issued it and Brown and Bigelow of St. Paul, Minnesota published it. Schlaikjer had been appointed official War Department artist in 1942, and had trained at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. A copy is held by the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth.

On the poster

An aviator in a brown leather bomber jacket stands among the clouds at near-mythological scale, a bomb cradled under one arm and a flight helmet in the other hand. Below him, silhouettes of heavy bombers move in loose formation through the cumulus. Spaced white capitals read "O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCH." A navy band carries the USAAF winged-star roundel, and the footer reads "UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES" in gold.

About this print

A digitally restored reproduction, printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art paper with pigment inks.

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Our restoration process

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Paper and print details

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Each poster is printed to order using professional giclée printing techniques and archival pigment inks on 200gsm enhanced matte fine art paper.

The natural white, smooth matte finish reduces glare while bringing out rich colours and crisp detail. The inks are designed for excellent lightfastness, helping the artwork retain its colour for years to come.

Available paper sizes

SizeCentimetresInches
A421 × 29.7 cm8.3 × 11.7 in
A329.7 × 42 cm11.7 × 16.5 in
A242 × 59.4 cm16.5 × 23.4 in
A159.4 × 84.1 cm23.4 × 33.1 in
A084.1 × 118.9 cm33.1 × 46.8 in
50 × 7050 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6 in
70 × 10070 × 100 cm27.6 × 39.4 in

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Dimensions refer to the paper size, not necessarily the printed image. Original artwork proportions are preserved, so some prints will include white margins to avoid cropping or stretching the design.

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