Items Similar to January 1927 London Underground Pocket Map Fred Stingemore pre Harry Beck
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 6
Fred StingemoreJanuary 1927 London Underground Pocket Map Fred Stingemore pre Harry Beck1927
1927
$347.44
£260
€301.61
CA$489.98
A$538.33
CHF 281.33
MX$6,420.03
NOK 3,562.46
SEK 3,318.73
DKK 2,253.76
About the Item
To see our other original vintage travel posters including more London Transport posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the poster you want.
Fred Stingemore (1890-1954)
London Underground Railways Pocket Map
January 1927
Lithograph, linen-based card
Bi-fold pocket map
12.5 x 15 cm (unfolded)
Stingemore spent forty years in the London Transport drawing office, but is best known as the artist behind the map that preceeded Harry Beck's famous and iconic 1933 new design - the circuit diagram version.
The 1927 edition is identical to the 1926, but features a yellow - rather than green - cover. The twelve editions of Stingemore's map featured different coloured covers. A broadly topographical map, he nevertheless distorted the central London area to make it clearer. His greatest claim to fame is of encouraging Harry Beck to resubmit his own design to London Transport.
Beck was a technical draughtsman who worked for the London Metro Signal Office. Following being fired, he created the first diagrammatic Tube map in 1931. Having submitted it to the Publicity Office at London Transport, it was rejected. However an updated proposal was accepted, being published in January 1933 in an edition of 700,000 pocket maps - most of which were consigned to the dustbin within hours, days or weeks. Those that survive are rare. Immediately popular it was adoped and similar maps have been used ever since by London Transport - and indeed many other rail systems worldwide.
Beck was inspired whilst creating an electrical circuit diagram to apply the same concept to the Underground system, in the understanding that passengers on the network were more interested in how the lines related to each other, than in how they related to the topography of the city. Beck worked on the map in his spare time, and was - depending on the story you believe - either not paid for his work, or was paid a mere five or ten guineas. These days his work is acknowledged on all published London Tranport maps.
- Creator:Fred Stingemore (1890 - 1954, British)
- Creation Year:1927
- Dimensions:Height: 4.93 in (12.5 cm)Diameter: 5.91 in (15 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:Very good, lightly-used condition with very light wear, slight discolouration, and small spot to very top left of mustard cover.
- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU795315282792
About the Seller
4.8
Vetted Professional Seller
Every seller passes strict standards for authenticity and reliability
Established in 2014
1stDibs seller since 2017
361 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 13 hours
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Shipping from: London, United Kingdom
- Return Policy
More From This Seller
View AllH C Beck September 1936 No 2 London Underground Pocket Map Harry Beck
By Harry Beck
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage travel posters including more London Transport posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or...
Category
1930s Modern More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Harry Beck, September 1937 No 1 London Underground Pocket Map
By Harry Beck
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage travel posters including more London Transport posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or...
Category
1930s Modern More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H C Beck September 1933 London Underground Pocket Map (First Year of Issue)
By Harry Beck
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage travel posters including more London Transport posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or...
Category
1930s Modern More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H C Beck September 1936 No 1 London Underground Pocket Map Harry Beck
By Harry Beck
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage travel posters including more London Transport posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or...
Category
1930s Modern More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
1938 No 2 London Underground Pocket Map 'Zero' Hans Schleger after Harry Beck
By Zero Hans Schleger
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage travel posters including more London Transport posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the poster you want.
'Zero' Hans Schleger
London Underground Railways Pocket Map
1938 No. 2
Lithograph
14.5 x 20.5 cm
An early edition of London Transport's iconic map, precursor to all other similar maps of other transport systems worldwide. The 1939 edition was designed by Hans Schleger, unlike the 1933 - first published - edition of Harry Beck...
Category
1930s Modern More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
1953 Coronation Map for London Transport
Located in London, GB
To see more, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller."
Coronation Arrangements – Map of London (1...
Category
1950s Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
You May Also Like
Original Antique Map of The London Underground. 1911
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Superb map of The London Underground
Published by Ward Lock, 1911
Folding map. Printed on paper
Unframed.
Good condition/ Minor repair to an edge tear on right edge ( shown in ...
Category
Vintage 1910s English Maps
Materials
Canvas, Paper
Vintage Map of London – Bartholomew’s Plan of Central London, c.1929
Located in Langweer, NL
London Central Map c.1929 – Bartholomew Antique City Plan
This detailed city plan, titled “Bartholomew’s Plan of London, Central Area,” was published by John Bartholomew & Son, Edin...
Category
Early 20th Century Scottish Maps
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Map Poster Visitors London Transport Underground UK
Located in London, GB
Original vintage London Transport travel map poster - Visitor's London - featuring bus routes and Underground stations on a key with the London Transport roundel and an index to plac...
Category
Vintage 1960s British Posters
Materials
Paper
Vintage Map of London – Phillips’ Tape Indicator Map of Central London, c.1930
Located in Langweer, NL
Phillips Tape Indicator Map of London c.1930 – Antique City Plan
This large and detailed map of central London is titled “Phillips’ Tape Indicator Map of London.” It was published b...
Category
Early 20th Century Scottish Maps
Materials
Paper
Circa 1930 original poster by Edward McKnight Kauffer for London Underground
By Edward McKnight Kauffer
Located in PARIS, FR
This striking circa 1930 original poster by visionary graphic designer Edward McKnight Kauffer is a bold celebration of modernity, energy, and infrastructure. Created for London Unde...
Category
1930s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Linen, Lithograph, Paper
Original Vintage Poster London Town Pictorial Map Southern Railway Underground
By Kerry Lee
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Travel By Train map poster for London Town by the British artist, illustrator and poster designer Kerry Lee (1902-1988) featuring a detailed...
Category
Vintage 1930s British Posters
Materials
Paper
More Ways To Browse
Antique Topographic Maps
London Antique Maps
Railway Map
Deborah Kass Oy
Dig For Victory Poster
Dirty Funker
Goddess Of Liberty
Hamburg Amerika Linie
Infantry Poster
John Lennon Self Portrait
Lithograph Pasta
Lovely Day For A Guinness
Martin Peikert Vintage Posters
Mason Storm
Mel Bochner Blah Blah Blah
Mens Fashion Poster
Nadav Kander
Norway Land Of The Midnight Sun Poster