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St. Ives, Huntingdon

Poster
1932 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issuer)
Grant, Duncan (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph poster with a colour illustration of St. Ives, Huntingdon as viewed through the archway of a stone bridge. Signed 'd. Grant'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
Titles
  • St. Ives, Huntingdon (assigned by artist)
  • Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure Of Shell (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Colour Lithography
Brief description
Colour lithograph poster with a colour illustration of St. Ives, Huntingdon. Part of the 'Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell' series advertising Shell Motor Spirit. Designed by Duncan Grant and issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1932.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster with a colour illustration of St. Ives, Huntingdon as viewed through the archway of a stone bridge. Signed 'd. Grant'.
Dimensions
    Marks and inscriptions
    • '330' (Numbered)
    • D Grant (signed)
    Association
    Shell Mex
    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
    330 - Poster number
    Collection
    Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
    Accession number
    CIRC.399-1971

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    Record createdJune 30, 2009
    Record URL
    https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1035673/st-ives-huntingdon-poster-grant-duncan/
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