Shell Is Always First Size-L Reverse printed as an exhibition

Reverse printed as an exhibition catalogue

The design by Richard Bird and Michael Mayhew was adapted from an illuminated medieval manuscript and shows a fox with sharp teeth and snaking red tongue

Original linen backed Ordnance Survey map of England South (Sheet 11)

together with examples of the best commercial art from the previous year

by the ‘godfather’ of British pop art Eduardo Paolozzi

Shell Is Always First Size-L Reverse printed as an exhibitionOriginal, antique, poster: Shell Is Always First, designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1935. Probably the greatest poster designer working in interwar Britain, Kauffer produced several outstanding designs for Shell Oil in the 1930s. The posters were displayed on the side of Shell lorries as part of a highly regarded publicity campaign. This copy belonged to the leading post war graphic designer Abram Games (more information here). A higher resolution