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Merchants Prefer Shell

Poster
1933 (designed), 1933 (issued)
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On display at V&A South Kensington
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C
Artist/Maker
Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issuer)
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place Of Origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph poster advertising Shell. Signed and dated 'E. McKnight Kauffer '33' and numbered '396'.


object details
Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object Type
Poster
Additional TitleYou Can Be Sure of Shell (series title)
Materials and Techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief Description
'Merchants Prefer Shell. You Can Be Sure Of Shell'. Colour lithograph poster designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1933.
Physical Description
Colour lithograph poster advertising Shell. Signed and dated 'E. McKnight Kauffer '33' and numbered '396'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Width: 113.6cm
Marks and Inscriptions
  • 'E. McKnight Kauffer '33' (Signed and dated.)
  • '396' (Numbered.)
Associated Object
E.3282-1980 (Design)
Bibliographic References
  • Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971
Other Number
22/C4 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession Number
CIRC.413-1971

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record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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