"United States Navy, 1797"

poster

SIGNS & POSTERS
U.S. Government Printing Office; McBarron, Hugh Charles (Jr.)
1966
paper
overall: 20 x 16 in.

Poster depicting the uniforms of the United States Navy in 1797, part of series of posters compiled into portfolio titled "Uniforms of the United States Navy 1776-1898"; illustrated by Hugh Charles McBarron Jr. and published by the U.S. Government Printing (now Publishing) Office in 1966. Poster titled 'UNITED STATES NAVY, 1797' along lower edge. Illustration depicts six officers in uniform; from left to right, 'Purser', 'Captain', 'Midshipman', 'Surgeon', ' Lieutenant', and 'Sailing Master'. Overall: 20 x 16 in.

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