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Gill’s humorous map of London and its Underground Stations

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The Wonderground Map of London Town

Drawn by MacDonald Gill.

GILL, Macdonald
London,
Printed & Published by The Westminster Press, 11 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, W.C.,
1914 [but 1924].
Chromolithograph plan.
750 by 940mm (29.5 by 37 inches).
12564

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Gill's humorous map of London and its underground stations.

"During his lifetime MacDonald Gill's acclaim rested on artistic endeavours of amazing diversity; one area of particular celebrity involved the pictorial maps he designed for both governmental and private organisations. The first of these maps was commissioned in 1913 as a poster for use in the stations of the privately held Underground Electric Railways Company. The enthusiasm of the public for this p...

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bibliography:

Burden, Elizabeth, "MacDonald Gill's Wonderground Map of 1913 and Its Influence on Twentieth Century Mapmaking", July 22, 2011.