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Chanter's Folly And Dry Dock, Appledore

Poster
1937 (designed), 1937 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issuer)
Ellis, Clifford (artist)
Ellis, Rosemary (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'Chanter’s Folly And Dry Dock, Appledore [Devon]'. Colour lithograph poster. Signed and dated '37.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleChanter's Folly And Dry Dock, Appledore
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Chanter’s Folly And Dry Dock, Appledore [Devon]'. Colour lithograph poster. Designed by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis. Issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd. Great Britain. 1937.
Physical description
'Chanter’s Folly And Dry Dock, Appledore [Devon]'. Colour lithograph poster. Signed and dated '37.
Dimensions
  • Height: 72.7cm
  • Width: 114.6cm
Dimensions 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
(Signed and dated '37.)
Place depicted
Appledore
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Other numbers
  • 12/A8 - V&A microfiche
  • C.13632 - Previous number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.474-1953

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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