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Lubrication By Shell.

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

Colour lithograph poster featuring the Imperial Airways Empire Flying Boat "Canopus". Signed and dated 'E. McKnight Kauffer '37' and numbered '478'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Maritime
Object type
Poster
TitleLubrication By Shell. (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'Lubrication by Shell'. Colour lithograph poster featuring the Imperial Airways Empire Flying Boat "Canopus". Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1937.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster featuring the Imperial Airways Empire Flying Boat "Canopus". Signed and dated 'E. McKnight Kauffer '37' and numbered '478'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Width: 113.3cm
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
  • 'E. McKnight Kauffer '37' (Signed and dated)
  • '478' (Numbered)
Subject depicted
Flying Boat
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
22/G5 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.326-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1036056/lubrication-by-shell-poster-kauffer-edward-mcknight/
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