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Stonehenge

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

Object details

Categories
Advertising
Prints
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
Titles
  • Stonehenge (popular title)
  • See Britain First on Shell (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
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.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 723mm
  • Image width: 1095mm
  • Sheet height: 743mm
  • Sheet width: 1112mm
76.2 x 113 cm: Measurements taken from: Dimbleby, David. A Picture of Britain London: Tate, 2005. 223p. : col ill., map. ISBN: 1854375660.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'E. McKnight Kauffer' (Signed.)
  • Stonehenge. See Britain first on Shell! (Text of poster.)
Credit line
Given by the Publicity Manager of the Shell Mex Co., Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Transport
Travel
Place depicted
Stonehenge
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • David Dimbleby, A Picture of Britain London: Tate, 2005. 223p. : col ill., map. ISBN: 1854375660.
  • 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
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1648-1931

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Record createdAugust 13, 2007
Record URL
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