1931 London Underground Pocket Map - FH Stingemore 10th Edition

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Map of London’s Underground Railways

Designed by Frederick H Stingemore (FHS). Printed by Waterlow & Sons for London Underground . 1931, 10th Edition. 16.7cm x 14.2cm Linen-card. Excellent near-mint condition.

This is Fred Stingemore’s 10th revision of his 12 map series and dates approximately to early 1931. Compared with the 9th edition (Teal cover), the following changes have been made: 1. Cover change to red. 2. Piccadilly Line extension westwards now shows two branches and no red label.

Despite a career spanning over 40 years in the London Underground Drawing Office, it is as HC Beck’s immediate predecessor as map designer that Frederick Stingemore is most well known.

Like many before him, Stingemore grappled with the density and sprawl of the Underground railway network to draft a series of pocket maps from 1925 to 1932. The Stingemore series of pocket maps saw 12 bi-fold linen-card editions, each with a distinctive colour cover. The map design improved in clarity with each iteration whilst remaining topographical in format with some distortion applied for outlying areas. It was Stingemore that had encouraged his colleague, Harry Beck, to resubmit his radical circuit diagram design after it was initially rejected. Beck’s diagram was published in January 1933.

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Map of London’s Underground Railways

Designed by Frederick H Stingemore (FHS). Printed by Waterlow & Sons for London Underground . 1931, 10th Edition. 16.7cm x 14.2cm Linen-card. Excellent near-mint condition.

This is Fred Stingemore’s 10th revision of his 12 map series and dates approximately to early 1931. Compared with the 9th edition (Teal cover), the following changes have been made: 1. Cover change to red. 2. Piccadilly Line extension westwards now shows two branches and no red label.

Despite a career spanning over 40 years in the London Underground Drawing Office, it is as HC Beck’s immediate predecessor as map designer that Frederick Stingemore is most well known.

Like many before him, Stingemore grappled with the density and sprawl of the Underground railway network to draft a series of pocket maps from 1925 to 1932. The Stingemore series of pocket maps saw 12 bi-fold linen-card editions, each with a distinctive colour cover. The map design improved in clarity with each iteration whilst remaining topographical in format with some distortion applied for outlying areas. It was Stingemore that had encouraged his colleague, Harry Beck, to resubmit his radical circuit diagram design after it was initially rejected. Beck’s diagram was published in January 1933.

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