Shell poster number 292, Salcombe by Hal Woolf. Landscape painting depciting Salcombe, with the beach and hills in the background and houses and part of the church at the front of the image.

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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, some selected posters from the Collection can viewed here. 

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  1. Shell poster number 434, Actors Prefer Shell by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Stylised painting of a rectangle mask with an abstract eye and mouth.

    Actors Prefer Shell

    • 1935
    • Edward McKnight Kauffer

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  2. Shell poster number 450, Dinton Castle near Aylesbury by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Painting of an easel with a painting on it depicting Dinton Castle. A red sheet is draped over the easel and an artist's palette rests against the corner of the painting.

    Dinton Castle near Aylesbury

    • 1936
    • Edward McKnight Kauffer

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  3. Shell poster number 477, Miles-Whitney Straight by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Photograph of the Miles-Whitney Straight monoplane with the text, 'Lubrication by Shell'.

    Miles – Whitney Straight

    • 1937
    • Edward McKnight Kauffer

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  4. Shell poster number 483, New Shell lubricating oils by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Painting shows an oil can decorated with a red figure holding a shell above it's head.

    New Shell Lubricating Oils

    • 1937
    • Edward McKnight Kauffer

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  5. Shell poster number 537, May to October - Summer Shell (1939) by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Painting of a summer boater style hat lying in grass with yellow butterfly.

    Summer Shell May to October

    • 1939
    • Edward McKnight Kauffer

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  6. Shell poster number 308, The New Forest (See Britain first on winter Shell) by Edward McKnight Kauffer. A painting of bare trees using dramatic colours to depict winter.

    The New Forest

    • 1931
    • Edward McKnight Kauffer

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  7. Shell poster number 547, Winter Shell from October to May (1939) by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Poster shows a red apple with the wording: "Winter Shell from October to May." This was the last lorry poster produced before the war. It was printed but unused owing to outbreak of World War II in September 1939.

    Winter Shell from October to May

    • 1939
    • Edward McKnight Kauffer

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