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Navy Heritage poster by Lou Nolan: a Navy sailor holds a boy’s hand on a pier facing USS Constitution
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Navy Heritage — Paper Print

Price range: $49.00 through $179.00

Lou Nolan’s 1959 U.S. Navy recruiting poster: a sailor and a young boy look out at USS Constitution, “Old Ironsides”.

Paper or framed print
Unframed or framed, printed to order in the USA.

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Made to order. All sales final. Replacements or refunds only for damaged, faulty or incorrect prints reported within 7 days. Returns policy

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  • Free Standard shipping to the US
  • Printed to order in the USA, paper or framed
  • Quality promise: damaged, faulty or incorrect prints replaced if reported within 7 days (details)
Paper & printing

Giclée print on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper: a smooth, natural-white fine-art stock with no glare, so the restored colours read true under any light.

Each print has a slim white border and is supplied unframed, ready for a standard frame or hanging clips.

Shipping & returns

Every print is made to order. Standard shipping to the US is free; Express is available at checkout. You will get tracking details by email when your print is on its way.

Because each print is custom-made, all sales are final and we do not accept change-of-mind returns. If your print arrives damaged, has a production fault or is the wrong item, tell us within 7 days of delivery with photos and we will send a free replacement.

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Which size should I choose?

11.7 × 16.5 in suits a desk, shelf or gallery wall. 20 × 28 in works above a desk, console or bed. 23.4 × 33.1 in is a statement piece above a sofa or in a hallway.

See all three to scale on a wall

Framing

Framed prints come in a solid wood, satin-finish frame in black, white or natural wood, glazed with shatterproof acrylic. The print is the same 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper as our unframed editions.

Framed artwork sizes are 12 × 17 in, 20 × 28 in and 23 × 33 in (the frame adds a little to each side). Every frame is made to order in the USA and arrives with a hook fitted, ready to hang.

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See it on your wall

Each size is shown to scale on the same wall. Prints are unframed and made to order.

Description

The Navy Heritage recruiting poster

“Heritage” is a U.S. Navy recruiting poster painted in 1959 by Lou Nolan, a World War II Navy veteran who went on to create recruiting art for the Navy for decades. A petty officer in dress blues stands on a pier holding a young boy’s hand as they look out at USS Constitution, “Old Ironsides”, the oldest commissioned warship afloat. One image carries the whole idea: the Navy’s past handed down to the next generation.

The design was reprinted by the U.S. Government Printing Office well into the 1970s and became one of the best-known Navy recruiting posters of the Cold War era. It makes a meaningful gift for a Navy veteran, a sailor’s family or anyone who loves tall ships and naval history.

Read the full history of the poster, the artist and USS Constitution.

Print edition

Prepared from Lou Nolan’s artwork as a high-resolution 300 dpi print edition, keeping the soft sky, the rigging of Old Ironsides and the bold HERITAGE and NAVY lettering sharp at every size.

Sizes and options

  • Paper print: 11.7 × 16.5 in, 20 × 28 in or 23.4 × 33.1 in
  • Framed print: 12 × 17 in, 20 × 28 in or 23 × 33 in, in a black, white or natural wood frame, ready to hang

Printed to order in the USA on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper. Free Standard shipping to the US. Compare the print sizes.

More Navy posters

Pair it with James Daugherty’s World War I Follow the Flag design, or browse all U.S. Navy posters.

Prefer metal?

View the metal edition on Displate. Metal sizes, finishes and delivery are handled by Displate.

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