1926 London Underground Pocket Map - FH Stingemore (April)
Map of London’s Underground Railways
Designed by Frederick H Stingemore (FHS). Printed by Waterlow & Sons for London Underground Dated April 1926. 3rd Edition. 14.7cm x 12.7cm Linen-card. Condition: Very good. Some minor blemishes. Printing misalignment means that the top border is very thin.
Compared with the Jan 1926 edition, the River Thames has now been added for better orientation. The extensions between Charing Cross & Kennington and Clapham to Morden are shown as open. Lastly, the ‘Places of Interest’ appear on two cover panels.
Despite a career spanning over 40 years in the London Underground Drawing Office, it is as HC Becks immediate predecessor as map designer that Frederick Stingemore is most well known.
Like many before him, Stingemore grappled with the density and sprawl of the Underground railway network to draft a series of pocket maps from 1925 to 1932. The Stingemore series of pocket maps saw 12 bi-fold linen-card editions, each with a distinctive colour cover. The map design improved in clarity with each iteration whilst remaining topographical in format with some distortion applied for outlying areas. It was Stingemore that had encouraged his colleague, Harry Beck, to resubmit his radical circuit diagram design after it was initially rejected. Becks diagram was published in January 1933.
Map of London’s Underground Railways
Designed by Frederick H Stingemore (FHS). Printed by Waterlow & Sons for London Underground Dated April 1926. 3rd Edition. 14.7cm x 12.7cm Linen-card. Condition: Very good. Some minor blemishes. Printing misalignment means that the top border is very thin.
Compared with the Jan 1926 edition, the River Thames has now been added for better orientation. The extensions between Charing Cross & Kennington and Clapham to Morden are shown as open. Lastly, the ‘Places of Interest’ appear on two cover panels.
Despite a career spanning over 40 years in the London Underground Drawing Office, it is as HC Becks immediate predecessor as map designer that Frederick Stingemore is most well known.
Like many before him, Stingemore grappled with the density and sprawl of the Underground railway network to draft a series of pocket maps from 1925 to 1932. The Stingemore series of pocket maps saw 12 bi-fold linen-card editions, each with a distinctive colour cover. The map design improved in clarity with each iteration whilst remaining topographical in format with some distortion applied for outlying areas. It was Stingemore that had encouraged his colleague, Harry Beck, to resubmit his radical circuit diagram design after it was initially rejected. Becks diagram was published in January 1933.
Map of London’s Underground Railways
Designed by Frederick H Stingemore (FHS). Printed by Waterlow & Sons for London Underground Dated April 1926. 3rd Edition. 14.7cm x 12.7cm Linen-card. Condition: Very good. Some minor blemishes. Printing misalignment means that the top border is very thin.
Compared with the Jan 1926 edition, the River Thames has now been added for better orientation. The extensions between Charing Cross & Kennington and Clapham to Morden are shown as open. Lastly, the ‘Places of Interest’ appear on two cover panels.
Despite a career spanning over 40 years in the London Underground Drawing Office, it is as HC Becks immediate predecessor as map designer that Frederick Stingemore is most well known.
Like many before him, Stingemore grappled with the density and sprawl of the Underground railway network to draft a series of pocket maps from 1925 to 1932. The Stingemore series of pocket maps saw 12 bi-fold linen-card editions, each with a distinctive colour cover. The map design improved in clarity with each iteration whilst remaining topographical in format with some distortion applied for outlying areas. It was Stingemore that had encouraged his colleague, Harry Beck, to resubmit his radical circuit diagram design after it was initially rejected. Becks diagram was published in January 1933.
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