1972 London Underground Station Map - Quad Royal
London Underground Station Map.
Design by Paul Garbutt based on previous HC Beck designs. Colour lithograph on paper. Printed by Waterlow & Sons for London Transport. Quad Royal size 127cm x 101cm. Print Code 672/2557M/2500 (R). Condition: Excellent condition. Folded as issued.
This issue of Paul Garbutt's Quad Royal station map shows the extension to Heathrow on the Piccadilly Line as "under construction" and was the last issue to feature the alternating roundel border (it became sold blue from late 1972). It was also the last station map printed by Waterlow & Sons who had been the primary printer for Underground station maps from 1933. Later issues of the station map would show the proposed route of the new 'Fleet Line' (later Jubilee Line) and associated station closures.
The relationship between HC Beck (creator of the Underground diagram) and London Transport was a tense and, at times, fraught. From the inception of Beck's diagram in 1933, Harry Beck had managed to retain the responsibility for all revisions and edits of the diagram which by 1960 was a world-famous brand device and synonymous with London. However in 1960, the loose verbal agreement that Beck had long relied upon was ignored by Harold Hutchinson, Publicity Officer of London Transport, who decided to redraw the Underground Map and credited himself as designer. Beck was dismayed both at Hutchinson’s poor design and the manner in which he was being treated. Despite dozens of letters and submitting three hand-drawn design proposals, London Transport never engaged his services again.
It was universally considered that the Harold Hutchinson design of 1960-1962 design was a poor one and in 1963 Paul Garbutt (New Works Officer) attempted a redesign and among the many improvements Garbutt introduced the 'Thermos-Flask' shape of the Circle line which remains to this day.
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London Underground Station Map.
Design by Paul Garbutt based on previous HC Beck designs. Colour lithograph on paper. Printed by Waterlow & Sons for London Transport. Quad Royal size 127cm x 101cm. Print Code 672/2557M/2500 (R). Condition: Excellent condition. Folded as issued.
This issue of Paul Garbutt's Quad Royal station map shows the extension to Heathrow on the Piccadilly Line as "under construction" and was the last issue to feature the alternating roundel border (it became sold blue from late 1972). It was also the last station map printed by Waterlow & Sons who had been the primary printer for Underground station maps from 1933. Later issues of the station map would show the proposed route of the new 'Fleet Line' (later Jubilee Line) and associated station closures.
The relationship between HC Beck (creator of the Underground diagram) and London Transport was a tense and, at times, fraught. From the inception of Beck's diagram in 1933, Harry Beck had managed to retain the responsibility for all revisions and edits of the diagram which by 1960 was a world-famous brand device and synonymous with London. However in 1960, the loose verbal agreement that Beck had long relied upon was ignored by Harold Hutchinson, Publicity Officer of London Transport, who decided to redraw the Underground Map and credited himself as designer. Beck was dismayed both at Hutchinson’s poor design and the manner in which he was being treated. Despite dozens of letters and submitting three hand-drawn design proposals, London Transport never engaged his services again.
It was universally considered that the Harold Hutchinson design of 1960-1962 design was a poor one and in 1963 Paul Garbutt (New Works Officer) attempted a redesign and among the many improvements Garbutt introduced the 'Thermos-Flask' shape of the Circle line which remains to this day.
Free UK Delivery. For non-UK delivery please request quotation.
London Underground Station Map.
Design by Paul Garbutt based on previous HC Beck designs. Colour lithograph on paper. Printed by Waterlow & Sons for London Transport. Quad Royal size 127cm x 101cm. Print Code 672/2557M/2500 (R). Condition: Excellent condition. Folded as issued.
This issue of Paul Garbutt's Quad Royal station map shows the extension to Heathrow on the Piccadilly Line as "under construction" and was the last issue to feature the alternating roundel border (it became sold blue from late 1972). It was also the last station map printed by Waterlow & Sons who had been the primary printer for Underground station maps from 1933. Later issues of the station map would show the proposed route of the new 'Fleet Line' (later Jubilee Line) and associated station closures.
The relationship between HC Beck (creator of the Underground diagram) and London Transport was a tense and, at times, fraught. From the inception of Beck's diagram in 1933, Harry Beck had managed to retain the responsibility for all revisions and edits of the diagram which by 1960 was a world-famous brand device and synonymous with London. However in 1960, the loose verbal agreement that Beck had long relied upon was ignored by Harold Hutchinson, Publicity Officer of London Transport, who decided to redraw the Underground Map and credited himself as designer. Beck was dismayed both at Hutchinson’s poor design and the manner in which he was being treated. Despite dozens of letters and submitting three hand-drawn design proposals, London Transport never engaged his services again.
It was universally considered that the Harold Hutchinson design of 1960-1962 design was a poor one and in 1963 Paul Garbutt (New Works Officer) attempted a redesign and among the many improvements Garbutt introduced the 'Thermos-Flask' shape of the Circle line which remains to this day.
Free UK Delivery. For non-UK delivery please request quotation.
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