You Can Be Sure Of Shell

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

'You Can Be Sure Of Shell'; Small poster show-card for Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd.; Colour lithograph.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	You Can Be Sure Of Shell (series title)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph Colour Lithography
Brief description	'You Can Be Sure Of Shell'; Small poster show-card for Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd.; Colour lithograph; Design by Peter Boswell; Great Britain; c.1935.
Physical description	'You Can Be Sure Of Shell'; Small poster show-card for Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd.; Colour lithograph.
Dimensions	Height: 28cm Width: 60.7cm Dimensions 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
Credit line	Gifted by Mrs Ruth Boswell in 1973.
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 1973
Other number	4/F12 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.4-1973

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1040308/you-can-be-sure-of-poster-boswell-peter/

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