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Summer Shell On Sale May 1st

Poster
1937 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issuer)
Caplan, David (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour poster.

Object details

Categories
Advertising
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleSummer Shell On Sale May 1st (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Summer Shell On Sale May 1st'. Poster designed by David Caplan, colour lithograph, Britain, 1937.
Physical description
Colour poster.
Dimensions
  • Height: 72.4cm
  • Width: 109.8cm
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
'David Caplan 37' (Signed and dated)
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
  • 8/B6 - V&A microfiche
  • C.12472 - Previous number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.464-1953

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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