Shell's England. Corporate patronage and English art in the Shell posters of the 1930s
Details:
- Author(s) Speakman, Malcolm V
- Publication type Dissertation, PhD
- Year published 2014
- Pages
- Publisher University of Manchester
- Place Published Manchester
Topics:
- Name Advertising
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Library:
- Name Manchester University John Rylands Library
- City Manchester
- County Greater Manchester
- Country England
- Postcode M3 3EH
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Notes:
Deals with a series of 1930s posters illustrated by fine artwork of the English landscape and displayed on delivery vehicles, examining them as 'historical, if ephemeral, artefacts' and analysing 'the social, economic and cultural context of their production' [as opposed to their design history significance]