Santos, George
1959

Rare pictorial map of Australia with local wildflowers for Shell Oil Company

Rare pictorial map of Australia with wildflowers for Shell Oil Company

DESCRIPTION: OH HOLD

An original and beautiful 1959 lithographed pictorial map of Australia decorated profusely with wildflowers. Guaranteed original. Scarce on today's market.

Artwork by George Santos for the Shell Oil Company of Australia. Shell Oil Company logo at upper left.

Overall dimensions: 17.5 in. x 22.25 or 45 cm. x 57 cm.

Legend contains an inset key map and a list that denotes the names of 87 wildflowers related numerically to positions on the key map.

Very rare. Only two institutional holdings are cataloged in WorldCat, both within Australia.

At extreme bottom right the imprint of McCarron Bird, Melbourne, Australia.

CREATOR: Santos, George

PUBLICATION DATE: 1959

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Australia

BODY OF WATER: Pacific Ocean

CONDITION: Excellent.  Faint trace of one horizontal fold and one vertical fold. Very clean and very bright.

COLORING: Vivid lithographed color.

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 22 " x 17 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 89

PRICE: $

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