Designed by Harry Charles (HC) Beck. Published by the ABC Railway Guide. Colour lithograph on paper. 23cm x 20cm. Paper map (folded once as issued). Condition: Excellent. Unused.
This unusual paper version of Harry Beck’s ‘60 degree’ map was published in late 1942 for the the Hamptons ABC Railway Guide. This map differs from the 1941 card edition in that it does not include the Northern line and Central line extensions under construction and there is no notice about the closure of Aldwych Station. At the bottom of this map there is an advert for 'White Lions' and on the reverse there are adverts for 'Everybody's' magazine and OXO.
It would have a been a great relief to HC Beck to have regained control of the Underground map design after a surprise move by London Transport, between the years 1938-1940, to hand responsibility for the design to Hans Schleger, a highly accomplished artist and poster designer.
During this period, Beck continued to work on the larger poster formats and in 1939, he was asked by The Board to incorporate 3 new devices onto the map. These being 1) pairs and triplets of interlinking rings for interchange stations 2) The duplication of station names where two or three lines are served by the same station 3) a change in the angle of diagonal lines from 45 to 60 degrees. This design was first printed as a Quad Royal poster from late 1939 with it replacing Hans Schlegers pocket map design in 1941. Whilst Beck executed these requests dutifully, he didn’t like the changes and none of them lasted beyond 1945.
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Designed by Harry Charles (HC) Beck. Published by the ABC Railway Guide. Colour lithograph on paper. 23cm x 20cm. Paper map (folded once as issued). Condition: Excellent. Unused.
This unusual paper version of Harry Beck’s ‘60 degree’ map was published in late 1942 for the the Hamptons ABC Railway Guide. This map differs from the 1941 card edition in that it does not include the Northern line and Central line extensions under construction and there is no notice about the closure of Aldwych Station. At the bottom of this map there is an advert for 'White Lions' and on the reverse there are adverts for 'Everybody's' magazine and OXO.
It would have a been a great relief to HC Beck to have regained control of the Underground map design after a surprise move by London Transport, between the years 1938-1940, to hand responsibility for the design to Hans Schleger, a highly accomplished artist and poster designer.
During this period, Beck continued to work on the larger poster formats and in 1939, he was asked by The Board to incorporate 3 new devices onto the map. These being 1) pairs and triplets of interlinking rings for interchange stations 2) The duplication of station names where two or three lines are served by the same station 3) a change in the angle of diagonal lines from 45 to 60 degrees. This design was first printed as a Quad Royal poster from late 1939 with it replacing Hans Schlegers pocket map design in 1941. Whilst Beck executed these requests dutifully, he didn’t like the changes and none of them lasted beyond 1945.
Free UK delivery. For non-UK delivery please request quotation.
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