Butterfly & Globe
Poster
1928 (issued)
1928 (issued)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
'Summer Shell on sale until next October'. Colour lithograph poster with an image showing two butterflies above a countryside road, one of them is settling on the black and white Shell logo (of the 1930s).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Butterfly & Globe (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | 'Butterfly & Globe'. 'Summer Shell on sale until next October'. Colour lithograph poster designed by Cedric Lockwood Morris and issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1938. |
| Physical description | 'Summer Shell on sale until next October'. Colour lithograph poster with an image showing two butterflies above a countryside road, one of them is settling on the black and white Shell logo (of the 1930s). |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Cedric Morris' (Signed) |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
| Other number | 27/D11 - V&A microfiche |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1422-1963 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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