
BURMAH - SHELL
Lithograph on Board
Circa
1939
Size (cms)
44 X 53
Artist
John Greely
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Publisher
Burmah Shell Oil Storage & Distributing Co. Of India, Ltd.
Printer
G. Claridge & Co. Ltd., Bombay.
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This calendar by John Greely for Burmah-Shell, depicts a vibrant city scene, the Trafalgar Square in London, with buses and cars typical of the 1930s. Burmah-Shell's oil products, including Rising Sun Kerosene, Chukker Kerosene, Victoria Kerosene, and Swan Kerosene. The city illustration emphasizes the company’s global presence, linking its operations in both India and the UK. Founded in 1886, Burmah Oil played a key role in South Asia’s oil sector and, in the 1920s, formed Burmah-Shell with Royal Dutch Shell, establishing a vast distribution network across India.
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