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JES WILHELM SCHLAIKJER O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCH. 1944. 25x19 inches. Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul, Minnesota. Condition B+: vertical and horizontal folds. Paper. With the kind of realistic detail most often seen in the homefront scenes by Norman Rockwell, Schlaikjer depicts a young pilot in his leather flying jacket, rising from pastel-hued clouds above a squadron of B-52s. More romantic than war-like, he is holding a bomb while looking off towards a distant, more promising future. Patriotic in both its use of a line from the American National Anthem and proud, powerful American imagery, "this mixture of familiar watchwords, realistic detail, and exagerated personal strength typifies Schlaikjer's style." (Meehan cat 16, p. 17).
