The Atlantic shrinks to a handshake. Lloyd Myers designed the poster in 1917 for the British and Canadian Recruiting Mission, which set out to persuade British-born men living in North America to cross the Atlantic and enlist in British and Canadian forces. Albert Frank and Co. of New York printed it. The Smithsonian National Museum of American History holds a copy.
On the poster
A British Tommy in khaki, Lee-Enfield rifle in hand, leans across the teal Atlantic from France to clasp hands with a British civilian in a navy suit standing on the United States. The globe beneath them carries three labels: "GREAT BRITAIN", "FRANCE" and "UNITED STATES". Bold red-orange type at the base reads "COME ACROSS NOW."
About this print
A digitally restored reproduction, printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art paper with pigment inks.



