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Henry ‘Harry’ Charles Beck (1902-1974).
Details
The designer's own annotated copy of the London Underground Map
Henry ‘Harry’ Charles Beck (1902-1974).
Underground. London: Waterlow & Sons Limited [for Underground Group, n.d., but 1932].
Chromolithographic map within light-blue frame, Underground roundel to bottom right, key within frame to lower left, note regarding onward District Line destinations eastwards in green within green frame, stylized River Thames printed in light-blue to match outer frame, 156 x 225mm (sheet), framed (443 x 494mm).
Harry Beck’s unpublished annotated proof of his iconic London Underground map - the only copy known.
Henry ‘Harry’ Charles Beck (1902-1974).
Underground. London: Waterlow & Sons Limited [for Underground Group, n.d., but 1932].
Chromolithographic map within light-blue frame, Underground roundel to bottom right, key within frame to lower left, note regarding onward District Line destinations eastwards in green within green frame, stylized River Thames printed in light-blue to match outer frame, 156 x 225mm (sheet), framed (443 x 494mm).
Harry Beck’s unpublished annotated proof of his iconic London Underground map - the only copy known.
Literature
Ken Garland, Mr Beck's Underground Map. London,1994, pp. 17-18, illustrated.
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