'I Want You' poster

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Title

'I Want You' poster

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This is the most famous of all American First World War posters, and was by one of America’s best known and admired illustrators, James Montgomery Flagg. Five million copies were printed. It features a self-portrait of the artist as Uncle Sam, the male personification of the United States.   The design and slogan were inspired by Alfred Leete’s famous British poster of Lord Kitchener pointing directly at the viewer in 1914. This concept has been copied many times since the First World War bot...

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Format

Image

Date created

April 1917

Creator

James Flagg / Federal Government of the United States

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1018611

Related subjects

War / World War, 1914-1918 / recruiting / ink / paper / political posters / colour lithography / United States

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