Shell for Quick Starting

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Artist/Maker	Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issuer) North, Kennedy S. (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph poster advertising Shell Motor Spirit, part of the 'Shell for Quick Starting series. The central image shows snipe (a type of wading bird) in flight, 'SHELL FOR QUICK STARTING' lettered below.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Shell for Quick Starting (series title)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph Lithographic Ink Colour Lithography
Brief description	'Shell for Quick Starting'. Colour lithograph poster advertising Shell Motor Spirit, depicting snipe in flight. Designed by Kennedy S. North and issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., 1930.
Physical description	Colour lithograph poster advertising Shell Motor Spirit, part of the 'Shell for Quick Starting series. The central image shows snipe (a type of wading bird) in flight, 'SHELL FOR QUICK STARTING' lettered below.
Dimensions	Height: 74cm Width: 109.4cm Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO 1963
Marks and inscriptions	'SHELL FOR QUICK STARTING' (Lettered below the image.)
Subject depicted	Snipe
Associated objects	E.491-1953 (Series) E.412-1935 (Series)
Bibliographic references	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963 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 numbers	29/A4 C.11602 - Previous number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.492-1953

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O590934/shell-for-quick-starting-poster-north-kennedy-s/

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