Shell poster number 448, Tourists Prefer Shell by Tristram Hillier. Painting of a beach scene, the sea is in the background with a galleon type ship sailing by. A white cliff with a lighthouse is in the background. There are brightly coloured and patterned beach huts on the shoreline. There is a table at the forefront of the picture showing various tourist paraphernalia, including a map.

Shell Heritage Art Collection

The Shell Heritage Art Collection is one of the most important collections of 20th Century British commercial art.

Featuring the work of well-known modern British artists the collection contains posters, press advertisements, paintings and illustrations.

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  2. Shell poster number 499, Chanter's Folly, Appledore by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis. Landscape painting of Chanter's Folly and dry dock, showing a church and boat in the distance.

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Panoramic view of the first floor of the National Motor Museum

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