Eyston Says B.P. Ethyl Is Plus A Little Something

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Artist/Maker	Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issuer) Morgan, Peter (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

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Categories	Prints Advertising Transport Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Eyston Says B.P. Ethyl Is Plus A Little Something (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Colour offset lithograph Printing Ink Colour Offset Lithography Printing
Brief description	'Eyston Says B.P. Ethyl Is Plus A Little Something'. Colour offset lithograph poster featuring Captain George Edward Thomas Eyston. designed by Peter Morgan and issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1938.
Physical description	Poster
Dimensions	Height: 68.4cm Width: 106.7cm 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	'EYSTON SAYS / BP ETHYL / BP / ETHYL / IS PLUS A LITTLE SOMETHING' (Text of design.)
Subjects depicted	World Record Man Goggles Eyston, George Edward Thomas (Captain)
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/D6 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.344-1971

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1035946/eyston-says-bp-ethyl-is-poster-morgan-peter/

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