Airmen Prefer Shell

Shell poster number 264, Airmen prefer Shell by Andrew Johnson. Painting of a pilot in close up, sitting in the cockpit of a Gypsy Moth plane.

Key facts

  • Catalogue Number

    264

  • Title

    Airmen Prefer Shell

  • Date

    1930

  • Artist

    Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson studied at Central School of Arts & Crafts. He worked for various advertising agencies in the 1920s and 1930s and designed posters for LNER, Lever Brothers, Lux and The Times. In the 1930s he designed posters for Moss Bros and brochures for the Legal & General Assurance Company.

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Panoramic view of the first floor of the National Motor Museum

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