1927 London Underground Pocket Map - FH Stingemore (January)
Map of London’s Underground Railways
Dated "(January 1927)". Linen Based-card, Bi-fold pocket map. Measures 127mm x 147mm. Printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd for London Underground. Lovely condition. Please inspect the photos carefully.
This is an excellent example of Fred Stingemore's 4th edition underground map. Whilst the 1927 map is identical to the April 1926 edition, the January 1927 edition saw cover change from green to yellow and a different format to the rear cover information panels including a whole panel dedicated to "Theatres".
Despite a career spanning over 40 years in the London Underground Drawing Office, it is as HC Beck’s 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. Beck’s diagram was published in January 1933.
Map of London’s Underground Railways
Dated "(January 1927)". Linen Based-card, Bi-fold pocket map. Measures 127mm x 147mm. Printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd for London Underground. Lovely condition. Please inspect the photos carefully.
This is an excellent example of Fred Stingemore's 4th edition underground map. Whilst the 1927 map is identical to the April 1926 edition, the January 1927 edition saw cover change from green to yellow and a different format to the rear cover information panels including a whole panel dedicated to "Theatres".
Despite a career spanning over 40 years in the London Underground Drawing Office, it is as HC Beck’s 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. Beck’s diagram was published in January 1933.
Map of London’s Underground Railways
Dated "(January 1927)". Linen Based-card, Bi-fold pocket map. Measures 127mm x 147mm. Printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd for London Underground. Lovely condition. Please inspect the photos carefully.
This is an excellent example of Fred Stingemore's 4th edition underground map. Whilst the 1927 map is identical to the April 1926 edition, the January 1927 edition saw cover change from green to yellow and a different format to the rear cover information panels including a whole panel dedicated to "Theatres".
Despite a career spanning over 40 years in the London Underground Drawing Office, it is as HC Beck’s 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. Beck’s diagram was published in January 1933.