Half-way round the world on "Shell"
Poster
1921 (designed)
1921 (designed)
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'Half-way round the world on “Shell”'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the use of Shell Aviation Motor Spirit on Captain Sir Ross Smith’s historic flight from England to Australia. Signed and dated '1921'.
Object details
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| Title | Half-way round the world on "Shell" |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithography |
| Brief description | 'Half-way round the world on “Shell”'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the use of Shell Aviation Motor Spirit on Captain Sir Ross Smith’s historic flight from England to Australia. Designed by Macdonald Gill. Issued by Shell-Mex Co. Ltd.. Great Britain. 1921. |
| Physical description | 'Half-way round the world on “Shell”'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the use of Shell Aviation Motor Spirit on Captain Sir Ross Smith’s historic flight from England to Australia. Signed and dated '1921'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Signed and dated '1921'.) |
| Historical context | Captain Ross Macpherson Smith was one of aviation's early pioneers. In 1919 the Commonwealth Government of Australia offered a prize of £10,000 for the first flight by Australians in an aircraft of British Empire manufacture from England to Australia accomplished within 30 days. Captain Ross Macpherson Smith (pilot), with his brother Lieutenant Keith Macpherson Smith (assistant pilot and navigator), accompanied by two mechanics, successfully completed the journey. They flew in a Vickers Vimy, from Hounslow, England, on 12th November 1919 and landed in Darwin on 10th December. |
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| 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 | 15/E6 - V&A microfiche |
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| Accession number | E.1324-1921 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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