London. Gill (MacDonald). Wonderground Map of London Town, The Westminster Press, circa 1928

London. Gill (MacDonald). Wonderground Map of London Town, The Westminster Press, circa 1924, photolithographic colour printed map, long closed tears and splits along old folds, pinholes to corners, repairs and strengthened on verso, 745 x 930 mm (Quantity: 1) The Wonderground map was commissioned by The London Underground and designed to be displayed in tube stations. Its intense pictorial content caught the public’s imagination and as a result Gill is often credited with creating a resurgence in the genre of decorative map making. This is the 1924 edition (slightly smaller than Gill's original 1913 version) and is assumed to have been altered to help the promotion of the British Empire Exhibition which was held at Wembley between April and October of that year. It can be identified by a sign saying:- 'On To Wembley' and an empire lion in the top left-hand corner below the man pushing a bus. Information courtesy of Roderick Barron, Bryars & Bryars and Claire Dobbin.