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Kew

Posted on Wednesday 7 August 2019 by Oliver O’Brien

This decorative map, simply called “Kew”, was produced by Herry Perry of Vincent Brooks lithographers in 1929. It was part of a series of posters commissioned for what is now Transport for London and actually depicts the area to the south o…

1929, decorative, Herry Perry, Historic, kew, Kingston, Kingston upon Thames, Lithographic, London Transport Museum, LTM, poster, Richmond, River Thames, Teddington, TFL, Tourist, vintage

Children’s Map of London

Posted on Thursday 7 December 2017 by Oliver O’Brien

The Children’s Map of London (sometimes called the Children’s Pictorial Map of London) was first published by Bartholomew in 1938, the edition here is a minor update in 1955. All royalties from the sale of the map went to the Hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond Street (aka GOSH) which appropriately does itself appear […]

Bartholomew, child, children, children's, decorative, Historic

Christmas Map

Posted on Tuesday 6 December 2016 by Oliver O’Brien

Here’s a rather nice map combining the famously colourful and diagrammatic tube map with Christmas tree lights, to create an infographic, “The London Christmas Map”, showing the Christmassy events happening in London. You can see a full version of the map, including a key and listings for each event and how far it is from […]

christmas, Christmas tree lights, decorative, Events, lights, tube

The Bastion of Liberty – Excerpt

Posted on Friday 26 December 2014 by Oliver O’Brien

We featured Lee’s Bastion of Liberty map, a detai […]

1946, Art, decorative, lee

Wonderground Map

Posted on Friday 1 November 2013 by Oliver O’Brien

Above is a small part of the “Wonderground Map of […]

Art, decorative, gill, Historic, macdonald, story, Transport, tube