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B/W print; Harry Beck, Ken Garland, 1965

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Reference number
1998/83901
Description
Portrait of Harry C Beck (1903-1974) designer of the diagrammatic Underground map.
Beck, smiling towards the camera, is seated in front of a quad royal poster of the 1959 Underground map, the last version he designed. In his hands he holds the original hand drawn sketch for the map design.
Photographer
Dates
1965
Collection
Object type
  • B/w print
Photograph number
Ukn
Location
Topics
Completeness
57%