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Seamen Prefer Shell

Poster
1934 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Seamen Prefer Shell'. Colour lithograph poster advertising Shell Motor Spirit. The design shows instruments used for naval navigational laid on a wooden table, with a background view out to sea, featuring a lighthouse and a steam ship. Signed.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSeamen Prefer Shell
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
'Seamen Prefer Shell'. Colour lithograph poster advertising Shell Motor Spirit. Design by Tristram Paul Hillier. Printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Ltd.. Issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1934.
Physical description
'Seamen Prefer Shell'. Colour lithograph poster advertising Shell Motor Spirit. The design shows instruments used for naval navigational laid on a wooden table, with a background view out to sea, featuring a lighthouse and a steam ship. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Approx height: 74.5cm
  • Approx width: 110cm
Taken from: 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
Marks and inscriptions
'YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL / SEAMEN PREFER SHELL' (Text of design.)
Subjects depicted
Associated object
E.406-1935 (Duplicate)
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
19/F6 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.400-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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