Uncle Sam
date: label: date made
content: 1917
label: date made
content: 1916
name: label: artist
content: Flagg, James Montgomery
label: maker
content: Flagg, James Montgomery
label: maker
content: Flagg, James Montgomery
notes: label: Description
content: Original pencil and watercolor drawing of Uncle Sam by James Montgomery Flagg for the “I Want You for U.S. Army” recruitment campaign, 1917. Depicted is Uncle Sam looking stern and pointing at the viewer with his right index finger. He is wearing a cream colored top hot with a blue hat band with white stars. He is wearing a dark jacket (purple and blue) with a white shirt and red bow tie. His hair is white and he has a long white goatee. Signed at bottom right by the artist.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: common national personification of the United States
content: Uncle Sam
label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Advertising
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of James Montgomery Flagg
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.39120
label: accession number
content: 130313
label: catalog number
content: 39120
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sketch
label: Object Type
content: Watercolor
label: Object Type
content: Drawings
label: Other Terms
content: Sketch; Watercolor
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: watercolor; pencil (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall, mount: 24 7/8 in x 20 7/8 in; 63.1825 cm x 53.0225 cm
label: Measurements
content: unmounted: 21 1/4 in x 16 7/8 in; 53.975 cm x 42.8625 cm