Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Covers: The Famous Wonderground Map of London Town.
|
Short Title:
|
Covers: The Famous Wonderground Map of London Town.
|
|
Obj Height cm:
|
28
|
|
Obj Width cm:
|
35
|
|
Note:
|
Cover is an illustrated envelope which reads, "The Heart of Britain on Your Wall. This is a Small Corner of the Famous Wonderground Map of London Town, Complete in the Envelope ... Published by The Westminster Press, 11 Henrietta Street, Strand, London, W.C.2." Has blue sticker from Edward Stanford, Ltd., Cartographers to the King. Gill's map of the London underground railways is an important early example of 20th century pictorial maps. It influenced other cartographers and initiated a colorful period of pictorial mapmaking internationally.
|
|
Reference:
|
Burdon, Elisabeth, Spring 2009, The Wonderground Map of 1913 and its Influence, in IMCOS Journal (International Map Collector's Society) No. 116:7-18.
|
|
Full Title:
|
(Covers to) The Wonderground Map of London Town. Drawn by MacDonald Gill. Printed and Published by the Westminster Press, 11 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C.
|
|
List No:
|
6755.001
|
|
Series No:
|
1
|
|
Pub Date:
|
1914
|
|
Pub Title:
|
The Wonderground Map of London Town. Drawn by MacDonald Gill. Printed and Published by the Westminster Press, 11 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C.
|
|
Pub Reference:
|
Burdon, Elisabeth, Spring 2009, The Wonderground Map of 1913 and its Influence, in IMCOS Journal (International Map Collector's Society) No. 116:7-18.
|
|
Pub Note:
|
Full color.
|
|
Pub List No:
|
6755.000
|
|
Pub Maps:
|
1
|
|
Pub Height cm:
|
28
|
|
Pub Width cm:
|
35
|
|
Image No:
|
6755001
|
|
Download 1:
|
|
|
Download 2:
|
|
|
Publisher Location:
|
London
|
|
Publisher:
|
Westminster Press
|
|
Type:
|
Covers
|
|
Subject:
|
Pictorial map
|
|
Publication Author:
|
Gill, Leslie MacDonald, 1884-1947
|
|
Pub Type:
|
Separate Map
|
|
Author:
|
Gill, Leslie MacDonald, 1884-1947
|
|
Date:
|
1914
|