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Motorists Prefer Shell

Poster
1935 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issued by)
Anderson, J. S. (designed by)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Motorists Prefer Shell; Poster; Colour lithograph; Signed and dated, 35.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleMotorists Prefer Shell
Materials and techniques
colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
Motorists Prefer Shell; Poster; Colour lithograph; Signed and dated, 35; By J. S. Anderson; Issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd.; Great Britain; 1935.
Physical description
Motorists Prefer Shell; Poster; Colour lithograph; Signed and dated, 35.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75.6cm
  • Width: 111.7cm
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
Subject depicted
Transport
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
  • 1/C11 - V&A microfiche
  • C.13262 - Previous number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.461-1953

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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