Pump Attendant and Car

Shell poster number 117, Pump Attendant and Car (How to buy oil) by Tom Purvis (1925). Painting of a man with an oil can next to a Shell sealed cabinet, a female motorists seated in her car smiles at him.

Key facts

  • Catalogue Number

    117

  • Title

    Pump Attendant and Car

  • Date

    1925

  • Artist

    Tom Purvis

Tom Purvis (1888–1959) was born in Bristol and designed posters for companies such as Dewar’s Whisky, Bovril, Austin Reed and the London and North Eastern Railway. Purvis designed 14 posters for Shell between 1925 and 1932. His style is usually characterised by the broad massing of strong colours and the elimination of detail.

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