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I Want You for U.S. Army: Uncle Sam by James Montgomery Flagg — Paper Print

Price range: $49.00 through $179.00

James Montgomery Flagg’s Uncle Sam, restored from an original 1917 printing: the pointing finger, the star-spangled hat and the words I Want You for U.S. Army. First drawn for the cover of Leslie’s Weekly in July 1916, it became the Army’s recruiting poster of two world wars, with some four million copies printed in 1917–18 alone.

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Unframed or framed, printed to order in the USA.

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Made to order. All sales final. Replacements or refunds only for damaged, faulty or incorrect prints reported within 7 days. Returns policy

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  • Free Standard shipping to the US
  • Printed to order in the USA, paper or framed
  • Quality promise: damaged, faulty or incorrect prints replaced if reported within 7 days (details)
Paper & printing

Giclée print on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper: a smooth, natural-white fine-art stock with no glare, so the restored colours read true under any light.

Each print has a slim white border and is supplied unframed, ready for a standard frame or hanging clips.

Shipping & returns

Every print is made to order. Standard shipping to the US is free; Express is available at checkout. You will get tracking details by email when your print is on its way.

Because each print is custom-made, all sales are final and we do not accept change-of-mind returns. If your print arrives damaged, has a production fault or is the wrong item, tell us within 7 days of delivery with photos and we will send a free replacement.

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Which size should I choose?

11.7 × 16.5 in suits a desk, shelf or gallery wall. 20 × 28 in works above a desk, console or bed. 23.4 × 33.1 in is a statement piece above a sofa or in a hallway.

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Framing

Framed prints come in a solid wood, satin-finish frame in black, white or natural wood, glazed with shatterproof acrylic. The print is the same 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper as our unframed editions.

Framed artwork sizes are 12 × 17 in, 20 × 28 in and 23 × 33 in (the frame adds a little to each side). Every frame is made to order in the USA and arrives with a hook fitted, ready to hang.

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Restoration

Before & after

Drag the divider to compare the archival source scan with our restored edition. Tears, stains, fading and paper damage were repaired by hand while keeping the original artwork, lettering and colors true to the period.

Your print is made from the restored edition on the right.

I Want You for U.S. Army: Uncle Sam by James Montgomery Flagg — Paper Print restored edition
I Want You for U.S. Army: Uncle Sam by James Montgomery Flagg — Paper Print archival source
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Each size is shown to scale on the same wall. Prints are unframed and made to order.

Description

The I Want You for U.S. Army poster

I Want You for U.S. Army is the most famous American poster ever printed. James Montgomery Flagg painted Uncle Sam for the cover of Leslie’s Weekly on 6 July 1916, under the question What are you doing for preparedness?, and when the United States entered the war in April 1917 the picture was reissued as an Army recruiting poster. About four million copies were printed in 1917 and 1918, and millions more went up again after Pearl Harbor.

Flagg used his own face as the model, ageing it in the mirror with a white goatee and the star-spangled top hat, and the pose owes something to Alfred Leete’s 1914 British poster of Lord Kitchener. In 1942 Flagg told President Roosevelt he had posed himself to save a modelling fee; Roosevelt congratulated him on his Yankee thrift.

This edition was restored from an original 1917 printing, copyright Leslie-Judge Co., New York, with Flagg’s signature and the Nearest Recruiting Station line kept from the print.

Read the full history of the poster.

Restored edition

Restored from a photograph of an original print. The colour was cleaned and brought back, with folds, stains, tears and wear removed. The lettering and printed marks are kept from the original.

Sizes and options

  • Paper print: 11.7 × 16.5 in, 20 × 28 in or 23.4 × 33.1 in
  • Framed print: 12 × 17 in, 20 × 28 in or 23 × 33 in, in a black, white or natural wood frame, ready to hang

Printed to order in the USA on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper. Free Standard shipping to the US. Compare the print sizes.

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