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A Strange Church, Ayot St. Lawrence, Herts.

Poster
1937 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. (issuer)
Gentleman, Tom (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'A Strange Church, Ayot St. Lawrence, Herts'. Colour lithograph poster advertising Shell Motor Spirit. Signed.

Object details

Categories
Advertising
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleA Strange Church, Ayot St. Lawrence, Herts.
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'A Strange Church, Ayot St. Lawrence, Herts'. Colour lithograph poster advertising Shell Motor Spirit. Design by Tom Gentleman. Issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd.. Great Britain. 1937.
Physical description
'A Strange Church, Ayot St. Lawrence, Herts'. Colour lithograph poster advertising Shell Motor Spirit. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 74.7cm
  • Width: 114.1cm
Dimensions 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.)
Credit line
Given by Messrs Shell Mex, Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Travel
Church
Place depicted
Ayot St Lawrence
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.
Other number
15/C9 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2637-1938

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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