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Lubrication by Shell

Poster
1937 (designed), 1937 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issued by)
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour offset lithograph poster featuring a Miles-Whitney Straight aeroplane. The design incorporates the ‘Shell man’, a symbol based on Kauffer’s original concept. Signed and dated 'E McKnight Kauffer '37' and numbered '477'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleLubrication by Shell (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'Lubrication by Shell'. Colour offset lithograph poster featuring a Miles-Whitney Straight aeroplane. Designed by Edward Mcknight Kauffer and issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1937.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph poster featuring a Miles-Whitney Straight aeroplane. The design incorporates the ‘Shell man’, a symbol based on Kauffer’s original concept. Signed and dated 'E McKnight Kauffer '37' and numbered '477'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75.9cm
  • Width: 114.3cm
Measurements taken from: 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
Marks and inscriptions
  • '477' (Numbered.)
  • 'E McKnight Kauffer '37' (Signed and dated.)
Object history
The poster incorporates the 'Shell man', a symbol based on Kauffer's original design.
Subject depicted
Aeroplane
Bibliographic references
  • 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 numbers
  • 22/G8 - V&A microfiche
  • 477 - numbered on sheet
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.577-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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