Request to view

This object can be requested via email from the Prints & Drawings Study Room

Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Stonehenge

Poster
1931 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issuer)
Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (printer)
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph poster with an image of Stonehenge beneath a starry night sky, promoting Shell. Part of the 'See Britain First On Shell' series. Signed 'E. McKnight Kauffer' and numbered '298'.

Delve deeper

Discover more about this object
listen Inside the 'Cars: Accelerating the Modern World' exhibition How has the design of the car shaped the world as we know it?

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
Titles
  • Stonehenge (trade title)
  • See Britain First on Shell (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Ink
Paper
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Stonehenge'. Colour lithograph poster depicting Stonehenge, advertising Shell. Part of the 'See Britain First On Shell' series. Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1931.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster with an image of Stonehenge beneath a starry night sky, promoting Shell. Part of the 'See Britain First On Shell' series. Signed 'E. McKnight Kauffer' and numbered '298'.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 727mm
  • Image width: 1092mm
  • Sheet height: 760mm
  • Sheet width: 1136mm
76.2 x 111.1 cm: From departmental notes.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'E. McKnight Kauffer' (Signed.)
  • '298' (Numbered.)
Credit line
Acquired from The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London in 1968
Subjects depicted
Transport
Travel
Place depicted
Stonehenge
Associated objects
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 1968
Other number
22/A7 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.158-1968

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1037659/stonehenge-poster-kauffer-edward-mcknight/
Download as: JSON