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Dorset

Poster
1961 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issuer)
Nash, John Northcote (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour offset lithograph and letterpress print poster forming one of a series of Shell County Guides. The design shows a colour illustration of a coastal area of Dorset, with text and a small illustrative map below, against a white ground.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Landscapes
Object type
Poster
Titles
  • Dorset (generic title)
  • Shell County Guides (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph and letterpress print
Ink
Paper
Colour Offset Lithography
Letterpress Printing
Brief description
'Dorset'. Colour offset lithograph and letterpress print poster forming one of a series of Shell County Guides. Designed by John Northcote Nash and issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1961.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph and letterpress print poster forming one of a series of Shell County Guides. The design shows a colour illustration of a coastal area of Dorset, with text and a small illustrative map below, against a white ground.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 738mm
  • Image width: 507mm
  • Sheet height: 794mm
  • Sheet width: 560mm
Measurements 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: Height [size of sheet]: 73.6 centimetres x Width [size of sheet]: 50.8 centimetres.
Marks and inscriptions
'John Nash' (Signed)
Credit line
Given by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Village
Coastal
Map
Place depicted
Dorset
Associated object
E.1506-1963
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • 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 number
27/G12 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1508-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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