I had never seen nor read of the painting that you will see as you scroll down this link:

https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/...oclamation

I found a more complete image of the painting here:

https://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/20...s-writing/

I haven't seen it before either.
The artist, Jes Schlaikjer did a lot of posters during WWII for recruitment and war bonds.

Here are samples of some of his work.
https://www.google.com/search?q=jes+schl...80&bih=902

(11-03-2017, 03:25 PM)Steve Wrote: I found a more complete image of the painting here:

https://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/20...s-writing/

Reminds me of Carl Spitzweg's paintings:
http://www.malerei-meisterwerke.de/bilde...09212.html
http://www.malerei-meisterwerke.de/bilde...09187.html