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St. Ives, Huntingdon

Poster
1932 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issuer)
Grant, Duncan (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph poster with a colour illustration of St. Ives, Huntingdon as viewed through the archway of a stone bridge. Signed 'd. Grant'.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
Titles
  • St. Ives, Huntingdon (assigned by artist)
  • Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure Of Shell (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Colour Lithography
Brief description
Colour lithograph poster with a colour illustration of St. Ives, Huntingdon. Part of the 'Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell' series advertising Shell Motor Spirit. Designed by Duncan Grant and issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1932.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster with a colour illustration of St. Ives, Huntingdon as viewed through the archway of a stone bridge. Signed 'd. Grant'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Width: 114.3cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO 1964
Marks and inscriptions
'd. Grant' (Signed)
Subjects depicted
Travel
Bridge
Place depicted
Huntingdon
Associated object
CIRC.399-1971
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 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
16/D2 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.143-1961

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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