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They Call Them Devil-Hounds restored 1918 First World War poster by Victor Pérard: a helmeted U.S. Marine throwing a grenade across a battlefield under an orange sky, rifle in hand, comrades advancing behind him
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They Call Them Devil-Hounds: Our Marines — Paper Print

Price range: $49.00 through $179.00

A 1918 First World War poster by Victor Pérard, restored: a helmeted Marine hurls a grenade across a burning field as his comrades advance behind him. They call them Devil-Hounds, but they are simply hounding the devil. Our Marines. One of the first posters to use the Devil Dog nickname, issued as a supplement to Engineering News-Record on 20 June 1918.

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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.

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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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Restoration

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Drag the divider to compare the archival source scan with our restored edition. Tears, stains, fading and paper damage were repaired by hand while keeping the original artwork, lettering and colors true to the period.

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They Call Them Devil-Hounds: Our Marines — Paper Print restored edition
They Call Them Devil-Hounds: Our Marines — Paper Print archival source
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Description

The They Call Them Devil-Hounds poster

They Call Them Devil-Hounds, But They Are Simply Hounding the Devil: Our Marines was painted by the New York illustrator Victor Pérard and issued in June 1918 as a supplement to Engineering News-Record, the weekly magazine of the American construction and engineering trades. A Marine in a steel helmet winds up to hurl a grenade across a shell-torn field, bayoneted rifle in his other hand and his comrades advancing behind him, under a sky of orange fire.

It is one of the first posters to use the “Devil Dog” nickname. American newspapers had reported in April 1918 that the Germans were calling the Marines Teufel Hunden, and the fighting at Belleau Wood that June made the name famous. Pérard’s poster turned it into a boast: the hounds of hell are simply hounding the devil.

Victor Pérard (1870–1957) trained at the Art Students League, the National Academy of Design and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, taught life drawing at Cooper Union for twenty years and wrote the drawing manual Anatomy in Drawing. His portraits of General Pershing and Marshal Foch are in the Smithsonian.

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Restored edition

Restored from a photograph of an original print. The colour was cleaned and brought back, with folds, stains, tears and wear removed. The lettering and printed marks are kept from the original.

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.

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