Side by side - Britannia! Britains Day Dec. 7th 1918 / James Montgomery Flagg 1918 American Lithographic Co. N.Y. – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare vintage poster captures Side by side - Britannia! Britains Day Dec. 7th 1918 / James Montgomery Flagg 1918 American Lithographic Co. N.Y. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Side by side - Britannia! Britains Day Dec. 7th 1918 / James Montgomery Flagg 1918 American Lithographic Co. N.Y.
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Flagg's poster pairs Britannia and Uncle Sam side by side, announcing a "Britain's Day" on December 7, 1918, and a mass meeting printed at the bottom. The date falls about four weeks after the Armistice, when the two nations were shifting from wartime cooperation toward the postwar settlement. Flagg was one of the most recognizable illustrators of the period, and his Uncle Sam figure had already become familiar through his 1917 recruiting poster. Here the familiar figure appears as a partner rather than a recruiter, and the design presents the alliance as a friendship meant to be celebrated.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Notes | At bottom: Mass meeting [blank space]. · Teatr Dramatyczny im. Jerzego Szaniawskiego w Plocku funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | Britannia (Symbolic character)--1910-1920. Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. International relations--United States--1910-1920. International relations--Great Britain--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,035 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 367_Side_by_side_Britannia_1918 |
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