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Polperro, Cornwall

Poster
1933 (designed), 1933 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issuer)
Miles, Maurice A. (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'Everywhere you go you can be sure of Shell'. Colour lithograph poster depicting some buildings and small fishing boats in Polperro, a village and fishing port in Cornwall, with the design text running above and below the image. Signed and dated 'M A Miles 1933'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitlePolperro, Cornwall (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Everywhere you go you can be sure of Shell'. Colour lithograph poster depicting an area of Polperro, a village and fishing port in Cornwall. Designed by Maurice A. Miles and issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1933.
Physical description
'Everywhere you go you can be sure of Shell'. Colour lithograph poster depicting some buildings and small fishing boats in Polperro, a village and fishing port in Cornwall, with the design text running above and below the image. Signed and dated 'M A Miles 1933'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 78.74cm
  • Width: 113.98cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 London: HMSO 1964
Marks and inscriptions
'M A Miles 1933' (Signed and dated)
Credit line
Given by Mrs. T. E. Griffits
Subjects depicted
Village
Port
Fishing Vessels
Coastal Towns
Places depicted
Polperro
Cornwall
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 London: HMSO, 1964
  • 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
27/A4 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.5154-1958

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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