1930 London Underground Pocket Map - FH Stingemore
Map of London’s Underground Railways
Designed by Frederick H Stingemore (FHS). Printed by David Allen Printing Company for London Underground . 1930, 9th Edition. 16.7cm x 14.2cm Linen-card. Condition: Excellent.
This is Fred Stingemore’s 9th revision of his 12 map series and dates approximately to late 1930. Compard with the 8th edition (red cover), sees the change in printer from Waterlow & Sons to David Allen & Sons Ltd and inclusion of stations on the western Piccadilly extension to Northfields.
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
Designed by Frederick H Stingemore (FHS). Printed by David Allen Printing Company for London Underground . 1930, 9th Edition. 16.7cm x 14.2cm Linen-card. Condition: Excellent.
This is Fred Stingemore’s 9th revision of his 12 map series and dates approximately to late 1930. Compard with the 8th edition (red cover), sees the change in printer from Waterlow & Sons to David Allen & Sons Ltd and inclusion of stations on the western Piccadilly extension to Northfields.
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
Designed by Frederick H Stingemore (FHS). Printed by David Allen Printing Company for London Underground . 1930, 9th Edition. 16.7cm x 14.2cm Linen-card. Condition: Excellent.
This is Fred Stingemore’s 9th revision of his 12 map series and dates approximately to late 1930. Compard with the 8th edition (red cover), sees the change in printer from Waterlow & Sons to David Allen & Sons Ltd and inclusion of stations on the western Piccadilly extension to Northfields.
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.
