Book Image Post #4 - Military Recruting

Actually for this post rather than just picking one piece to react to, I'd like to pick two that are very similar. I'm choosing the recruiting posters from Briton and the USA.

First off I had to laugh when I found out that our beloved Uncle Sam(1917) was quite honestly a rip off of the poster of Lord Horatio Kitchner, the British Secretary of War. (1915) I personally think that Uncle Sam looks a bit more intimidating and demanding than LHK. Both use the pointing finger and eye contact to really draw the viewer in.

The poster of Uncle Sam uses the American colors and is one of the most reproduced posters in the world. It is often altered to have amusing sayings rather than as a recruiting poster.

Examples:

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http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LRG/18/1848/4QG8D00Z/posters/uncle-sam-i-want-you.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Uncle-Sam-I-Want-You-Posters_i995016_.htm&usg=__3ykYL7JIWrpyZXDTJUyVY7DYMy8=&h=450&w=352&sz=59&hl=en&start=0&sig2=PbRhY5nL_HRiyz_xH_wCjg&zoom=1&tbnid=V8aFeML64t3zmM:&tbnh=131&tbnw=101&ei=a4vtTf_0J8e_0AGsk4XsBw&prev=/search%3Fq%3DI%2Bwant%2Byou%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26rlz%3D1G1GGLQ_ENUS287%26biw%3D1440%26bih%3D743%26tbas%3D0%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=360&vpy=90&dur=1304&hovh=254&hovw=198&tx=62&ty=149&page=1&ndsp=40&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0&biw=1440&bih=743