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Aero Shell

Poster
1932 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (designed)
Great Britain (designed)

A design for a poster advertising Shell Lubricants showing a motorcyclist and lettered 'Aero Shell'.


Object details

Categories
Designs
Posters
Advertising
Transport
Object type
Poster
TitleAero Shell (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink, pencil, airbrush, stencil, kaolinite
Paper
Pencil
Kaolinite
Airbrushing
Stencilling
Drawing
Brief description
Design drawing for a poster or display card for the Shell oil company showing a motorcyclist, by Edward McKnight Kauffer, Great Britain, 1932
Physical description
A design for a poster advertising Shell Lubricants showing a motorcyclist and lettered 'Aero Shell'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 40.6cm
  • Width: 27.3cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'EMCKK' (Signed in ink)
  • (Lettered with title)
  • 'A74' and '65' (Numbered in pencil)
  • 'Designed by E MCK. Kauffer 9 Jul. 1932' (Stamped in ink on the back)
  • 'E McK.Kauffer Aeroshell A74 [used] yes' (Inscribed in ink on Shellmex and BP Ltd printed job description on the back)
  • 'L465' (Numbered on letterpress label)
Subjects depicted
Transport
Speed
Motorcyclist
Motorcycle
Association
Shell
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1850-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O195339/aero-shell-poster-kauffer-edward-mcknight/
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