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Kimmeridge Folly, Dorset

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

Colour lithograph poster advertising Shell Motor Spirit, with a central colour image depicting a view of Kimmeridge Folly, Dorset and the text: 'TO VISIT BRITAIN'S LANDMARKS YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Tourism & Travel
Object type
Poster
Titles
  • Kimmeridge Folly, Dorset
  • You Can Be Sure Of Shell (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Kimmeridge Folly, Dorset'. Colour lithograph poster advertising Shell Motor Spirit, part of the 'You Can Be Sure Of Shell' series. Designed by Paul Nash and issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1937.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster advertising Shell Motor Spirit, with a central colour image depicting a view of Kimmeridge Folly, Dorset and the text: 'TO VISIT BRITAIN'S LANDMARKS YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 74.1cm
  • Width: 114cm
Measurements 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
  • 'Paul Nash' (Signed.)
  • 'TO VISIT BRITAIN'S LANDMARKS' (Lettered above image.)
  • 'YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL' (Lettered below image.)
Credit line
Given by Messrs. Shell Mex, Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Tourism
Tower
Sea
Cliffs
Places depicted
Kimmeridge
Associated objects
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.2629-1938

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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