Life on the Wall

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Artist/Maker	Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issuer) Leigh-Pemberton, John (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph poster, one of a series of Shell Guides to animal life in the country. A colour illustration of occupies the top half of the sheet, with a passage of text below. All against a white ground.

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Categories	Advertising Prints Posters
Object type	Poster
Titles	Life on the Wall (generic title) Shell Guides to animal life in the country (series title)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph and letterpress Colour Lithography Letterpress Printing
Brief description	'Life on the Wall'. Colour offset lithograph and letterpress poster. One of a series of Shell Guides to animal life in the country. Designed by John Leigh-Pemberton and issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1958.
Physical description	Colour lithograph poster, one of a series of Shell Guides to animal life in the country. A colour illustration of occupies the top half of the sheet, with a passage of text below. All against a white ground.
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.
Subjects depicted	Nature Birds Wall Text
Associated objects	E.1484-1963 (Series) E.1485-1963 (Series) E.1486-1963 (Series) E.1488-1963 (Series) E.1489-1963 (Series) E.1490-1963 (Series) E.1491-1963 (Series) E.1492-1963 (Series) E.1493-1963 (Series) E.1494-1963 (Series) E.1495-1963 (Series)
Bibliographic references	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964. 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	30/B9 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1487-1963

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O697945/life-on-the-wall-poster-leigh-pemberton-john/

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