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Modern Lubrication

Poster
1931 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issuer)
Banting, John (designer)
Place of origin
Britain (issued)

Colour poster.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleModern Lubrication (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Modern Lubrication'. Poster designed by John Banting and issued by Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd., colour lithograph, 1931.
Physical description
Colour poster.
Dimensions
  • Height: 73.7cm
  • Width: 11.8cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953. London: HMSO, 1963.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.493-1953

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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