1971 London Underground Station Map - Quad Royal
London Underground Station Map. 1971.
Design by Paul Garbutt based on previous HC Beck designs. Printed by Waterlow & Sons for London Transport. Quad Royal size 127cm x 101cm. Print Code 771/2785M/2500(R) (23.7.71). Condition: Very good. Bottom right corner has been reinforced with a paperlining to the rear. Stored rolled.
The relationship between HC Beck (creator of the Underground diagram) and London Transport was a tense and, at times, fraught. For nearly 30 years, 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. This edition of Garbutts Quad Royal poster remains almost identical to his first but shows the Heathrow Extension as 'Under construction' which was opened in 1977. It also has a 'snipe' over Pimlico station - which opened much later than planned, almost a year after the rest of the line was operational.
London Underground Station Map. 1971.
Design by Paul Garbutt based on previous HC Beck designs. Printed by Waterlow & Sons for London Transport. Quad Royal size 127cm x 101cm. Print Code 771/2785M/2500(R) (23.7.71). Condition: Very good. Bottom right corner has been reinforced with a paperlining to the rear. Stored rolled.
The relationship between HC Beck (creator of the Underground diagram) and London Transport was a tense and, at times, fraught. For nearly 30 years, 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. This edition of Garbutts Quad Royal poster remains almost identical to his first but shows the Heathrow Extension as 'Under construction' which was opened in 1977. It also has a 'snipe' over Pimlico station - which opened much later than planned, almost a year after the rest of the line was operational.
London Underground Station Map. 1971.
Design by Paul Garbutt based on previous HC Beck designs. Printed by Waterlow & Sons for London Transport. Quad Royal size 127cm x 101cm. Print Code 771/2785M/2500(R) (23.7.71). Condition: Very good. Bottom right corner has been reinforced with a paperlining to the rear. Stored rolled.
The relationship between HC Beck (creator of the Underground diagram) and London Transport was a tense and, at times, fraught. For nearly 30 years, 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. This edition of Garbutts Quad Royal poster remains almost identical to his first but shows the Heathrow Extension as 'Under construction' which was opened in 1977. It also has a 'snipe' over Pimlico station - which opened much later than planned, almost a year after the rest of the line was operational.
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