Illustration by NICHOLAS BENTLEY Vintage Advertisement SHELL PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

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1938 ADVERTISEMENT FOR SHELL LUBRICANT WITH CARTOON ILLUSTRATION BY NICHOLAS BENTLEY
SOME PHRASES SELDOM RING TRUE:
"Owing to the holidays we are working with a skeleton staff"
but YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL
Advertising campaign by Shell "Some Phrases Ring True" represented by a contrarian or ironic cartoon illustration.
A vintage advertisement from the British humor magazine Punch: September 7, 1938, original, pulled from the magazine, not a modern reproduction. 8 1/2 x 11 inches (approx). Condition is excellent-- minor wear, bright and clean, no handling wear; paper lays flat for easy framing;
some show-though from the backside
(please look closely). Verso has full page advert Vauxhall Luxury Saloon Automobile.
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Nicolas Clerihew Bentley (14 June 1907 – 14 August 1978) was a British author and illustrator,
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