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Life in the Sky

Poster
1958 (issued)
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.

Object details

Categories
Advertising
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
Titles
  • Life in the Sky (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 in the Sky'. 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
Text
Associated objects
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/B8 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1486-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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