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Enlist in the Navy, To Arms, restored 1917 WWI U.S. Navy recruiting poster by Milton Bancroft: a sailor sounding a bugle with a battleship steaming behind him
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Enlist in the Navy, To Arms — Paper Print

Price range: $49.00 through $179.00

A First World War Navy recruiting poster from 1917, restored: Milton Bancroft’s charcoal-drawn sailor sounding the call on a bugle, framed in red and gold above the words “To Arms.”

Paper or framed print
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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Each size is shown to scale on the same wall. Prints are unframed and made to order.

Description

The To Arms poster

Enlist in the Navy, To Arms was drawn by Milton Bancroft in 1917, the year the United States entered the First World War. A young sailor in a white cap and jumper raises a bugle to his lips, its long tasselled cord swinging from his hand, while a battleship steams through dark water behind him. The drawing is in black and white, set in a bold red and gold frame with the lettering Enlist in the Navy above and To Arms below.

Copies are held by the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Bancroft (1867 to 1947) was an Impressionist painter and muralist, trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and in Paris, who made posters for the Navy and the Red Cross during the war.

Read the full history of the poster and its artist.

Restored edition

Restored from an original 1917 print: the paper and colours cleaned, and creases, stains and wear removed, with the lettering and Bancroft’s drawing kept. We don’t have a usable scan of the print before restoration, so there is no before and after slider.

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.

More posters

See Follow the Flag, Enlist in the Navy, also from 1917, or browse the First World War collection.

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