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Herefordshire

Poster
1961 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issued by)
Aldridge, John Arthur Malcolm (A.R.A.) (designer)
Place of origin
Britain (issued)

'Herefordshire'. Colour offset lithograph and letterpress print poster, forming one of a series of Shell County Guides.

Object details

Categories
Advertising
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
Titles
  • Herefordshire (assigned by artist)
  • Shell County Guides (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph and letterpress print
Letterpress
Offset Colour Lithograph
Brief description
'Herefordshire'. Colour offset lithograph and letterpress print poster, forming one of a series of Shell County Guides. Designed by John Arthur Malcolm Aldridge and issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1961.
Physical description
'Herefordshire'. Colour offset lithograph and letterpress print poster, forming one of a series of Shell County Guides.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 73.7cm
  • Size of sheet width: 50.8cm
Dimensions taken from: Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Credit line
Given by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd.
Subject depicted
Tourism
Place depicted
Herefordshire
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
1/B2 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1503-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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