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Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell

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

Colour lithograph poster with a colour illustration of the quay at Appledore (Torridge). 'EVERYWHERE YOU GO' lettered above the image and 'YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL' lettered below.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
Titles
  • Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell (series title)
  • The Quay, Appledore
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
Colour lithograph poster with a colour illustration of the quay at Appledore. Part of the 'Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell' series advertising Shell Motor Spirit. Designed by Brynhild Parker and issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., Great Britain, 1932.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster with a colour illustration of the quay at Appledore (Torridge). 'EVERYWHERE YOU GO' lettered above the image and 'YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL' lettered below.
Dimensions
  • Height: 73.2cm
  • Width: 101.6cm
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
  • 'EVERYWHERE YOU GO' (Lettered above the image.)
  • 'YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL' (Lettered below the image.)
Credit line
Given by Messrs. Shell Mex.
Subjects depicted
Quay
Houses
Boats
Place depicted
Appledore (Torridge)
Associated object
E.409-1935 (Duplicate)
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 & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1933, London: Printed under the Authority of the Board of Education 1934
Other number
29/F7 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.330-1933

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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