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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    5 Aeroplanes

    • 1920
    • Shell Studio

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  2. Shell poster number 129, 60,000 miles without decarbonising, Shell Studio (1926). Painting of a 1920s aeroplane. Text reads; "60,000 miles without decarbonising on Shell Motor Oil & Petrol (Imperial Airways Record).

    60,000 Miles Without Decarbonising

    • 1926
    • Shell Studio

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  3. Shell poster number 167, Carbon Defeated! Footballers (1928), no artist given. Painting shows footballer, wearing a shirt displaying the word oil, scoring a goal against sprite looking figures representing carbon. His team mate wearing a "petrol" shirt is cheering in the background. This campaign promoted the benefit of using Shell oil and petrol together to reduce carbon in engines.

    Carbon Defeated!

    • 1928
    • Shell Studio

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  4. Shell poster number 40, Carried Unanimously (1923) by Shell Studio. Poster shows speeding cars carrying cans of Shell petrol.

    Carried Unanimously

    • 1923
    • Shell Studio

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  5. Shell poster number 28a, Certified Correct Measure (1922) by Shell Studio. Text reads: "Certified Correct Measure. Passed by Inspectors of Weights and Measures. Visible Filling. Shell Pumps." Illustration of a garage worker holding a petrol pump hose.

    Certified Correct Measure

    • 1922
    • Shell Studio

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  6. Shell poster number 221, Chamois by G.S. Brien. Painting of two leaping gazelles, caption reads; "The quick-starting pair".

    Chamois

    • 1929
    • G.S. Brien

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    Five Cans SHELL

    • 1920
    • Shell Studio

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  8. Shell poster number 47, From Pump or Can, be sure you get Shell (1923) by Shell Studio. Illustration of a garage worker standing by a Shell petrol pump, also shown is a red Shell Motor Spirit can.

    From Pump Or Can

    • 1923
    • Shell Studio

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  9. Irish Landscape of Giants Causeway in Ireland

    Glendalough

    • 1925
    • Anthony Raine Barker

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Panoramic view of the first floor of the National Motor Museum

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