Framed Recruits Wanted by David Gilmore Blythe

Product Overview:

• Proudly handmade in the USA
• Wood frame with mat, glass front, paper duster backing with wire hanger
• Museum quality Giclee digital print using archival paper and inks 
• Standard size frame measures approx. 24" H x 20.5" W
• Poster size frame measures approx. 36" H x 30.5" W

Product Details:

Recruits Wanted by David Gilmour Blythe is a satirical oil painting that captures the often overlooked, gritty realities of Civil War enlistment. Set outside a recruitment office, the scene is chaotic and darkly comic. Blythe presents a motley Union Army recruits - disheveled and visibly unfit for service - gathered beneath a "Recruits Wanted" banner. The painting critiques the sometimes unscrupulous recruitment practices of the era, where bounties and desperation led to questionable enlistments.