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Dish it Out With the Navy, restored 1942 U.S. Navy recruiting poster by McClelland Barclay: sailors loading a heavy shell into a firing deck gun
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Dish it Out With the Navy — Paper Print

Price range: $49.00 through $179.00

A 1942 U.S. Navy recruiting poster, restored: McClelland Barclay’s gun crew heaving a heavy shell into a deck gun as it fires, under the famous line “Dish it out with the Navy.”

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.

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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

Before & after

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.

Your print is made from the restored edition on the right.

Dish it Out With the Navy — Paper Print restored edition
Dish it Out With the Navy — Paper Print archival source
Before After

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

Description

The Dish it Out With the Navy poster

Dish it Out With the Navy was painted by McClelland Barclay and issued by the Navy Recruiting Bureau in September 1942, nine months after Pearl Harbor. A gun crew works a heavy deck gun in the middle of action: one sailor, stripped to the waist, swings a brass-cased shell toward the breech while a shipmate waves him in and the barrel behind them blazes. The slogan beneath urged young men to choose the Navy while they still had the choice: Choose now, while you can. Go to your nearest Navy recruiting station today.

Barclay was one of America’s best-known illustrators, famous for the “Fisher Body Girl” car advertisements, and an officer in the Naval Reserve. He signed this poster “McClelland Barclay USNR”. He was killed in action in the Solomon Islands in July 1943, when the landing ship he was sailing aboard as a combat artist was torpedoed.

Read the full history of the poster and its artist.

Restored edition

Restored from a scan of an original 1942 print. The paint was cleaned and the colour brought back, with creases, stains and wear removed. Barclay’s signature is kept. Please note that the lettering has been re-set rather than retouched from the original: the words are the same, but the typefaces are close modern matches with a light shadow, and the small printer’s codes in the bottom margin have been left off. Drag the before and after slider below to compare.

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

See Navy Heritage, Stevan Dohanos’s Loose Talk Can Cost Lives, or the British Royal Navy poster Forward to Victory.

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