Stronger and Stronger Shell.

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

A design for a poster advertising Shell petrol showing a stylised roadway in a landscape with trees and lettered 'Stronger and Stronger Shell'.

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Categories	Designs Posters Advertising Transport
Object type	Poster
Title	Stronger and Stronger Shell. (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Pencil, bodycolour and kaolinite on prepared board Pencil Bodycolour Kaolinite Prepared Board Drawing
Brief description	Design drawing for a poster or display card for the Shell oil company showing stylised roadway in a landscape with trees, by Edward McKnight Kauffer, Great Britain, 1932
Physical description	A design for a poster advertising Shell petrol showing a stylised roadway in a landscape with trees and lettered 'Stronger and Stronger Shell'.
Dimensions	Height: 37.6cm Width: 54cm Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Marks and inscriptions	'E. McKnight Kauffer - '39.' (Signed and dated twice in bodycolour) (Lettered with title) 'Design by E. McKnight Kauffer 17 AUG 1939' (Stamped in ink on back)
Subjects depicted	Transport Roadway Landscape Trees Advertising
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.1852-1991

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Record created	March 2, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O195341/stronger-and-stronger-shell-poster-kauffer-edward-mcknight/

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