Polperro, Cornwall

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Artist/Maker	Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issuer) Miles, Maurice A. (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

'Everywhere you go you can be sure of Shell'. Colour lithograph poster depicting some buildings and small fishing boats in Polperro, a village and fishing port in Cornwall, with the design text running above and below the image. Signed and dated 'M A Miles 1933'.

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Categories	Prints Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Polperro, Cornwall (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph Colour Lithography
Brief description	'Everywhere you go you can be sure of Shell'. Colour lithograph poster depicting an area of Polperro, a village and fishing port in Cornwall. Designed by Maurice A. Miles and issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1933.
Physical description	'Everywhere you go you can be sure of Shell'. Colour lithograph poster depicting some buildings and small fishing boats in Polperro, a village and fishing port in Cornwall, with the design text running above and below the image. Signed and dated 'M A Miles 1933'.
Dimensions	Height: 78.74cm Width: 113.98cm Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 London: HMSO 1964
Marks and inscriptions	'M A Miles 1933' (Signed and dated)
Credit line	Given by Mrs. T. E. Griffits
Subjects depicted	Village Port Fishing Vessels Coastal Towns
Places depicted	Polperro Cornwall
Bibliographic references	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 London: HMSO, 1964 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	27/A4 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.5154-1958

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O585478/polperro-cornwall-poster-miles-maurice-a/

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