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Photographers Prefer Shell

Poster
1934 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour offset lithograph poster showing a colour photograph of equipment used in the printing of photographs. 'PHOTOGRAPHERS PREFER SHELL' lettered above the image and ' YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL' lettered below.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Photographers Prefer Shell
  • You Can Be Sure Of Shell (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Brief description
'Photographers Prefer Shell'. Colour offset lithograph poster showing a colour photograph of equipment used in the printing of photographs. Part of the 'You Can Be Sure Of Shell' poster series. Image by Curtis Moffat. Issued by Shell-Mex and B. P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1934.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph poster showing a colour photograph of equipment used in the printing of photographs. 'PHOTOGRAPHERS PREFER SHELL' lettered above the image and ' YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL' lettered below.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.5cm
  • Width: 114.9cm
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
  • 'PHOTOGRAPHERS PREFER SHELL' (Lettered above the image.)
  • 'YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL' (Lettered below the image.)
Subjects depicted
Associated object
E.5155-1958 (Duplicate)
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
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971
Other number
27/C4 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.416-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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