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Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd.
The V&A has 230 works related to Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd..
Made between 1900 and 1963, these objects form part of the Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection and National Art Library. We hold work made from printing ink, paper and lithographic ink. Related makers include Vincent Brooks, Day & Son.
From the collections
99 of 230 objects made by Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd.
Footballers Prefer Shell, Poster, Nash, Paul, 1935
These Men Use Shell, Poster, Nicholson, Ben, 1938
BP Ethyl Controls Horse-Power, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1933
Summer Shell. May to October, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1939
Magicians prefer Shell, Poster, designed by Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1934
International Aero Exhibition, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1929
Stonehenge, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1931
Stonehenge, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1931
Seamen Prefer Shell, Poster, Hillier, Tristram Paul, 1934
Seamen Prefer Shell, Poster, Hillier, Tristram Paul, 1934
Scientists Prefer Shell, Poster, designed by Eckersley, Tom (OBE), 1936
Time to change to Winter Shell, Poster, Eckersley, Tom (OBE), 1938
Alfriston, Poster, Bell, Vanessa, 1931
You can be sure of Shell, Poster, Armstrong, John, 1938
Dinton Castle Near Aylesbury, Poster, Kauffer, 1936
Merchants - Prefer Shell, Poster, Mcknight Kauffer, Edward, 1933
Explorers prefer Shell, Poster, Kauffer, 1934
Magicians Prefer Shell, Poster, designed by Kauffer, 1934
Bodiam Castle, Poster, Mcknight Kauffer, Edward, 1932
Poster, Mcknight Kauffer, Edward, 1931
You Can Be Sure of Shell, Poster, Kauffer, 1931
Poster, Joseph Webb, 1948
Economise in Time, Temper, Petrol by Using Winter Shell, Poster, Kauffer, 1932
Actors Prefer Shell., Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1933
Summer Shell. May to October, Poster, designed by Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1939
Explorers Use Shell, Fashion design, Handley-Seymour, Elizabeth (Madame), 1912
Oxfordshire, Poster, designed by Hoyle, Walter, 1963
Half-way round the world on "Shell", Poster, Gill, (Leslie) Macdonald, 1921
The self changing or pre-selective epicyclic gear, Brochure, designed by Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1937
Performance is proof, Brochure, 1930s
On and on and on and on: it stayed on the job, Brochure, published by Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd., 1930s
The Giant, Cerne Abbas, Poster, Dobson, Frank, 1931
Farmers Prefer Shell, Poster, designed by Constanduros, Denis, 1934
The "Jungle" Lincoln, Poster, Daintrey, Adrian Maurice, 1936
Long Man Of Wilmington, Poster, Constanduros, Denis, 1932
Cambridgeshire, Poster, designed by Nash, John Northcote, 1963
Tourists Prefer Shell, Poster, Hillier, Tristram Paul, 1936
That's Shell That Was!, Poster, designed by Hilder, Rowland (V.P.R.I., S.M.A.), 1931
Whipsnade Zoo By Car Using B.P. Plus, Poster, Ellis, Clifford, 1932
Lower Slaughter, Poster, Ellis, Clifford, 1934
Dorset, Poster, designed by Nash, John Northcote, 1961
Stoke-on-Trent but Shell on the Road, Print, designed by Edward Bawden, ca. 1935
Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell, Poster, Parker, Brynhild, 1932
Summer Shell On Sale May 1st, Poster, Caplan, David, 1937
Summer Shell is Here Again, Poster, Miller, Jack, 1936
Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure Of Shell, Poster, Miller, Robert, 1936
Alfriston, Poster, Bell, Vanessa, 1931- Strand On The Green, Chiswick, Poster, Kirk, Eve, 1934
- North Foreland Lighthouse, Poster, Hawthorne, Elwin, 1932
- Kimmeridge Folly, Dorset, Poster, Nash, Paul, 1937
- Bamburgh Castle, Poster, Newton, Algernon Cecil (RA), 1930
- Ask For BP Not Just Ethyl, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1933
- But for Modern Lubrication - Shell Oil, Poster, designed by Banting, John, 1928
- BP Ethyl Banished Pinking, Design, designed by fries, Early 20th century
- BP Ethyl Banished Pinking, Design, designed by fries, Early 20th century
- BP Ethyl Banished Pinking, Design, designed by fries, Early 20th century
- BP Ethyl Banished Pinking, Design, designed by fries, Early 20th century
- BP Ethyl Banished Pinking, Design, designed by fries, Early 20th century
- BP Ethyl Banished Pinking, Design, designed by fries, Early 20th century
- BP Ethyl Banished Pinking, Design, designed by fries, Early 20th century
- Design, designed by fries, early 20th century
- Winter Shell. From October to May, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1939
- These men use Shell, Poster, designed by Armstrong, John, 1938
- Motorists Prefer Shell, Poster, designed by Anderson, J. S., 1935
- Tudor Tower, Pentlow, Essex, Poster, Chapman, Kenneth George, 1936
- Chanter's Folly And Dry Dock, Appledore, Poster, Ellis, Clifford, 1937
- Mousehole Penzance, Poster, designed by Stuart-Hill, Alexander, 1932
- Dinton Castle near Aylebury, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1936
- Bungay, Poster, designed by Steggles, Harold, ca. 1936
- Shell for Quick Starting, Poster, North, Kennedy S., 1932
- Shell for Quick Starting, Poster, North, Kennedy S., 1930
- Modern Lubrication, Poster, designed by Banting, John, 1931
- Jezreel's Temple, Gillingham, Kent, Poster, Hillier, Tristram Paul, 1936
- Polperro, Cornwall, Poster, Miles, Maurice A., 1933
- Photographers Prefer Shell, Poster, Moffat, Curtis, 1934
- Faringdon Folly, Poster, Berners, Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson (Baron), 1936
- West Wycombe [the Dashwood Mausoleum], Poster, Mann, Cathleen (Marchioness of Queensberry), 1933
- These Men [Guardsmen] Use Shell, Poster, Nicholson, Ben, 1938
- You Can Be Sure Of Shell, Poster, Boswell, Peter, c.1935
- Footballers Prefer Shell, Poster, Nash, Paul, 1935
- Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure Of Shell, Poster, Nash, Paul, 1932
- Aeroshell Lubricating Oil The Aristocrat of Lubricants, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1932
- Now And Until Next May Winter Shell, Poster, designed by Beck, Maurice, 1936
- Explorers Prefer Shell, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1934
- Official For Winter. Single Shell Lubricating Oil., Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1936
- Tractor Vaporizing Oil For Maximum Draw-Bar Pull!, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1938
- Lubrication By Shell., Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1937
- Eyston Says B.P. Ethyl Is Plus A Little Something, Poster, Morgan, Peter, 1938
- It's a Great Success / The New Shell Lubricating Oil, Poster, designed by Shell-Mex, c.1938
- Anglers Prefer Shell, Poster, Ellis, Clifford, 1934
- St. Ives, Huntingdon, Poster, Grant, Duncan, 1932
- Merchants Prefer Shell, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1933
- Photographers Prefer Shell, Poster, Moffat, Curtis, 1934
- Gardeners Prefer Shell, Poster, Morris, Cedric Lockwood (Sir), 1934
- Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure Of Shell, Poster, Nash, Paul, 1932
- Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure Of Shell. Nr. Leeds, Kent, Poster, designed by Sutherland, Graham Vivian, 1932
- The Great Globe Swanage. Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure Of Shell, Poster, designed by Sutherland, Graham Vivian, 1932
- The Vale of Aylesbury, Poster, Rex Whistler, 1933
- New Shell Lubricating Oil, Poster, designed by Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1937
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