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Merchants Prefer Shell

Poster Design
16/12/1933 (made)
Artist/Maker
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Design for a poster advertising Shell.


Object details

Categories
Designs
Drawings
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster Design
Titles
  • Merchants Prefer Shell (generic title)
  • You Can Be Sure Of Shell (series title)
Materials and techniques
Gouache
Gouache
Drawing
Brief description
'Merchants Prefer Shell. You Can Be Sure Of Shell'. Design by Edward McKnight Kauffer for a poster that was issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1933.
Physical description
Design for a poster advertising Shell.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 37.6cm
  • Sheet width: 49.5cm
Measurements 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
  • 'E McKnight Kauffer' (Signed.)
  • 'Designed by E. McK. Kauffer 16 Dec 1933' (Stamped on the reverse.)
Associated object
CIRC.413-1971 (Version)
Bibliographic reference
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
Other number
22/C5 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3282-1980

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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