Wildlife in March
- Object:
Poster
- Place of origin:
Great Britain (issued)
- Date:
1955 (issued)
- Artist/Maker:
Wilson, Maurice, born 1914 (designer)
Hilder, Rowland V.P.R.I., S.M.A., born 1905 - died 1993 (designer)
Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issuer) - Materials and Techniques:
Colour offset lithography and letterpress printing
- Credit Line:
Given by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd.
- Museum number:
E.1450-1963
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case SS, shelf 15, box A
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph poster with letterpress printing. One of a series of twelve Shell Nature Studies of wildlife (one for each month).
Place of Origin
Great Britain (issued)
Date
1955 (issued)
Artist/maker
Wilson, Maurice, born 1914 (designer)
Hilder, Rowland V.P.R.I., S.M.A., born 1905 - died 1993 (designer)
Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issuer)
Materials and Techniques
Colour offset lithography and letterpress printing
Marks and inscriptions
'3'
Numbered
Dimensions
Height: 73.7 cm size of sheet, Width: 50.8 cm size of sheet
Descriptive line
'Wildlife in March'. Colour offset lithograph poster with letterpress printing. One of a series of twelve Shell Nature Studies of wildlife (one for each month). Designed by Maurice Wilson and Rowland Hilder. Issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd.. Great Britain. 1955.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
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
Materials
Printing ink
Techniques
Colour offset lithography; Letterpress printing
Categories
Advertising; Prints; Posters
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
