1966 London Underground Station Map - Quad Royal
London Underground Station Map - 1966
Designed by Paul Garbutt, based on the original diagrammatic principles of HC Beck. Printed by Waterlow & Sons for London Transport. Quad Royal size 127cm x 101cm. Print Code 266/509Z/7500. Condition: Folded as issued. Very good condition with some foxing present in a couple of areas. Some small holes at folds/intersections.
This early edition of Paul Garbutt’s Quad Royal station poster was on display when the Nation was gripped with World Cup fever! This edition shows the first branch of the Victoria Line as under construction between Walthamstow and Victoria which opened in 1968.
Garbutt’s enduring design, with its smooth curves, horizontal Central Line and a distinctive ‘Thermos Flask’ Circle line, was first used in 1963 and widely considered a vast improvement on Harold Hutchinson’s design of 1960-1963.
The relationship between Harry Beck (creator of the Underground diagram in 1933) and London Transport was a tense and, at times, acrimonious one. For nearly 30 years, Harry Beck had managed to retain the responsibility for all revisions and edits of the diagram until Harold Hutchinson (Publicity Officer of London Transport) decided to redraw the Underground Map and credit himself as designer.
Beck was dismayed by 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.
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London Underground Station Map - 1966
Designed by Paul Garbutt, based on the original diagrammatic principles of HC Beck. Printed by Waterlow & Sons for London Transport. Quad Royal size 127cm x 101cm. Print Code 266/509Z/7500. Condition: Folded as issued. Very good condition with some foxing present in a couple of areas. Some small holes at folds/intersections.
This early edition of Paul Garbutt’s Quad Royal station poster was on display when the Nation was gripped with World Cup fever! This edition shows the first branch of the Victoria Line as under construction between Walthamstow and Victoria which opened in 1968.
Garbutt’s enduring design, with its smooth curves, horizontal Central Line and a distinctive ‘Thermos Flask’ Circle line, was first used in 1963 and widely considered a vast improvement on Harold Hutchinson’s design of 1960-1963.
The relationship between Harry Beck (creator of the Underground diagram in 1933) and London Transport was a tense and, at times, acrimonious one. For nearly 30 years, Harry Beck had managed to retain the responsibility for all revisions and edits of the diagram until Harold Hutchinson (Publicity Officer of London Transport) decided to redraw the Underground Map and credit himself as designer.
Beck was dismayed by 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.
FREE UK DELIVERY. Non-UK Delivery available, please request a quotation
London Underground Station Map - 1966
Designed by Paul Garbutt, based on the original diagrammatic principles of HC Beck. Printed by Waterlow & Sons for London Transport. Quad Royal size 127cm x 101cm. Print Code 266/509Z/7500. Condition: Folded as issued. Very good condition with some foxing present in a couple of areas. Some small holes at folds/intersections.
This early edition of Paul Garbutt’s Quad Royal station poster was on display when the Nation was gripped with World Cup fever! This edition shows the first branch of the Victoria Line as under construction between Walthamstow and Victoria which opened in 1968.
Garbutt’s enduring design, with its smooth curves, horizontal Central Line and a distinctive ‘Thermos Flask’ Circle line, was first used in 1963 and widely considered a vast improvement on Harold Hutchinson’s design of 1960-1963.
The relationship between Harry Beck (creator of the Underground diagram in 1933) and London Transport was a tense and, at times, acrimonious one. For nearly 30 years, Harry Beck had managed to retain the responsibility for all revisions and edits of the diagram until Harold Hutchinson (Publicity Officer of London Transport) decided to redraw the Underground Map and credit himself as designer.
Beck was dismayed by 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.
FREE UK DELIVERY. Non-UK Delivery available, please request a quotation
