Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself.
The price of this poster includes linen backing.
An Italian version of the poster entitled This is the Enemy that Ancona and Koehler designed for the National War Poster Competition at the MoMA in 1942
One of the rarest and most powerful of all WWII propaganda posters.
Photo taken before linen backing.