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These Men [Guardsmen] Use Shell

Poster
1938 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph poster showing a British Army footguard wearing his red uniform and bearskin hat, viewed from the shoulder up and facing to the left of the image. 'YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL' is lettered in grey across the top of the design and 'THESE MEN USE SHELL' is lettered in blue, at a diagonal, below.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • These Men [Guardsmen] Use Shell
  • You Can Be Sure Of Shell (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
'These Men [Guardsmen] Use Shell'. Colour lithograph poster showing a British Army footguard wearing his red uniform and bearskin hat. Part of the 'You Can Be Sure Of Shell' series. Designed by Ben Nicholson and issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1938.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster showing a British Army footguard wearing his red uniform and bearskin hat, viewed from the shoulder up and facing to the left of the image. 'YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL' is lettered in grey across the top of the design and 'THESE MEN USE SHELL' is lettered in blue, at a diagonal, below.
Dimensions
    Marks and inscriptions
    • 'YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL' (Lettered in grey across the top of the design.)
    • 'THESE MEN USE SHELL' (Lettered in blue, on a diagonal, in the bottom-right of the design.)
    • 'BEN NICHOLSON' (Signed, bottom-right corner of design.)
    Subjects depicted
    Associated object
    E.26-1951 (Duplicate)
    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
    Collection
    Accession number
    CIRC.3-1973

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    Record createdJune 30, 2009
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