Explore the 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, some selected posters from the Collection can viewed here.
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![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.]()
Chanters Folly and Dry Rock, Appledore
- 1937
- Rosemary and Clifford Ellis
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![Shell poster number 133, The quick starting pair by Septimus Edwin Scott, Chariot and Two Coloured Horses. Painting shows a Roman riding a chariot with two horses, to represent the reliability and power of using Shell's products simultaneously.]()
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Circus Performers Use Shell
- 1938
- Kavari Schwitzer
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![Shell poster number 381, Crikey That's Shell that was! Loch Ness Monster by John Reynolds. Cartoon of Loch Ness Monster appearing to be two headed as it watches a car speed by, all that remains are it's exhaust fumes. The sign by the Loch reads 'To Knock Less'.]()
Crikey! That’s Shell – That was!
- 1933
- John Reynolds
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![Shell poster number 1554, Culzean Castle and Ailsa Craig (1952) by Robin Darwin. Painting of Culzean Castle, with sailing boats in the foreground. Used as part of Shell's 'Everywhere you Go' campaign, which was revived following WWII.]()
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![Shell poster number 464, Devil's Elbow, Braemar by Robert Miller. Landscape painting of the steep Devil's Elbow road with it's hairpin bend at Braemar.]()
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![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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![Shell poster number 471, Faringdon Folly by Lord Gerald Berners. Landscape painting of Faringdon Folly and surrounding area on a cloudy day.]()
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![Shell poster number 538, Farmers use Shell (1939) by John Armstrong. Painting of a farmer in a bowler hat, coat and cravat, smoking a pipe.]()
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