Shell Is Always First Size-L The design by Richard Bird

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

This poster was published by the British Railways Board

Reverse printed as an exhibition catalogue

The production starred Martin Connor

The gig was eventually rescheduled again and postponed until June 1999 – purportedly for ‘tax reasons’

Shell Is Always First Size-L The design by Richard BirdOriginal, 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