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Tourists Prefer Shell

Poster
1936 (designed), 1936 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issued by)
Hillier, Tristram Paul (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'Tourists Prefer Shell'. Colour lithograph poster advertising Shell Motor Spirit. Signed and dated ''36'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleTourists Prefer Shell
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Printing Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Tourists Prefer Shell'. Colour lithograph poster advertising Shell Motor Spirit. Design by Tristram Paul Hillier. Issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1936.
Physical description
'Tourists Prefer Shell'. Colour lithograph poster advertising Shell Motor Spirit. Signed and dated ''36'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 74cm
  • Width: 113cm
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
Marks and inscriptions
Signed and dated ''36'.
Credit line
Given by Messrs. Shell Mex, Ltd
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1938, London: Board of Education, 1939.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2640-1938

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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