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Fossils

Poster
1956 (issued), 1955-1956 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph poster, one of a series of Shell Nature Studies. Signed and dated.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Fossils (generic title)
  • Shell Nature Studies (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph and letterpress printing
Brief description
Fossils. Poster (one of twelve) forming a series of Shell Nature Studies. Colour offset lithograph and letterpress print. Design by Tristram Hillier. Issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1956.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster, one of a series of Shell Nature Studies. Signed and dated.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 73.7cm
  • Size of sheet width: 50.8cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Hillier 1955' 'Hillier, '56' (The series (E.1460-1471-1963) is signed and dated, with variations.)
  • '13' (Numbered)
Credit line
Given by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd.
Object history
This is one of twelve posters forming a series of Shell Nature Studies, issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd..
Subject depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . 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
19/F11 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.1461-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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