Death on Subs! (1943) U.S. Navy poster - Jon Whitcomb
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Every piece is printed to order. Estimated delivery in Europe: posters 5 business days, canvases 8 business days, and framed pieces 12 business days. Canvases are made in France and Germany; our frames are made in Poland. These estimates include production and transit.
Posters, canvases and framing options are available depending on size and destination.
A tracking link is emailed to you as soon as the order ships.
For orders delivered to an eligible European destination, you can request a return within 30 days of receiving the last item in your order, except for personalised products. Artem Legrand provides a prepaid return label and, where the format requires it, arranges collection at its expense. Contact us before sending the item. Made-to-order production alone does not make an item personalised. Your statutory rights remain unaffected.
Have a question about your order? Our team is available Monday to Saturday from 8:30 AM to 7:30 PM. Write to us at Contact form .
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Death on Subs!, an official U.S. Navy poster
Illustrated by Jon Whitcomb and published in 1943 by Lutz & Sheinkman for the U.S. Navy’s Industrial Incentive Division, this Second World War poster addressed manufacturers of equipment for destroyer escorts. Its message frames the Battle of the Atlantic as a race against time.
The destroyer escort DE-280
The massive bow of DE-280 cuts through a dark-blue sea as a white explosion rises to starboard and a convoy appears on the horizon. Built at the Boston Navy Yard in 1943, the vessel was transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Kingsmill (K 484).
A call to meet production deadlines
The yellow panel reproduces a dispatch signed by Rear Admiral E. L. Cochrane, Chief of the Bureau of Ships. It urges workers not to keep the destroyer escorts, described as “wolfhounds”, waiting against the German U-boat wolf packs, and ends by asking them to make every part on time.
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Every piece is printed to order. Estimated delivery in Europe: posters 5 business days, canvases 8 business days, and framed pieces 12 business days. Canvases are made in France and Germany; our frames are made in Poland. These estimates include production and transit.
Posters, canvases and framing options are available depending on size and destination.
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Our frames measure 1.7 cm on each side. For a 40x60 cm painting, the total framed size is therefore 43.4 x 63.4 cm.
Canvas 100% polyester (285 g/m²), UV-resistant and solvent-free inks, safe for children and allergy sufferers. The canvases are mounted on a 2 cm thick wooden frame (4 cm for very large formats).
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