Merchants Prefer Shell

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Artist/Maker	Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Design for a poster advertising Shell.

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Categories	Designs Drawings Advertising Posters
Object type	Poster Design
Titles	Merchants Prefer Shell (generic title) You Can Be Sure Of Shell (series title)
Materials and techniques	Gouache Gouache Drawing
Brief description	'Merchants Prefer Shell. You Can Be Sure Of Shell'. Design by Edward McKnight Kauffer for a poster that was issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1933.
Physical description	Design for a poster advertising Shell.
Dimensions	Sheet height: 37.6cm Sheet width: 49.5cm 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' (Signed.) 'Designed by E. McK. Kauffer 16 Dec 1933' (Stamped on the reverse.)
Associated object	CIRC.413-1971 (Version)
Bibliographic reference	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
Other number	22/C5 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.3282-1980

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O549563/merchants-prefer-shell-poster-design-kauffer-edward-mcknight/

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