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Leslie Bullock
Original Vintage Pictorial Travel Poster Children's Map Of London Fairytales Art

1950s

About the Item

Original vintage fold-out pictorial travel map poster - Children's Map of London - featuring the streets, parks, railways and the River Thames and images of the main places of interest and tourist attractions and historical buildings including the Tower of London, Royal Exchange, St Paul's Cathedral, British Museum, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Cathedral and educational institutions and hospitals such as the University of London, University College of London, Guy's Hospital, Hospital for Sick Children and Middlesex Hospital with fun colourful nursery rhyme illustrations framing the map depicting Cinderella, Dick Whittington, Little Miss Muffet, Tom Tom the Piper's son, Tommy Tucker, Humpty Dumpty, Simple Simon, Jack Horner, The Giant Dog, There was an Old Woman, The Jolly Miller, Little Bo Peep & Boy Blue, Old King Cole, Margery Daw, Jack & Jill, Sing a Song o'Sixpence, Hush-a-Bye Baby and Ride a Cock Horse with quotes by various notable authors including Rudyard Kipling, Alfred Noyes and Benjamin Franklin in scrolls with royal guards marching and a horse drawn carriage above with a funfair carousel and coats of arms for the City of London as well as for Wales, Scotland, England, Ireland, Westminster See of London, County of London and University Port of London in the corners with oranges and lemons and below, the traditional wicker giants Gog and Magog on the sides. All royalties from the sale of the map went to the Hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond Street. Design by the decorative map maker Leslie George Bullock (1895-1971), originally published in 1938 then updated during the 1950s-60s and published in various editions until 1971. Printed by John Bartholomew & Sons. Horizontal. Good condition, folds as issued with front and back cover, staining.
  • Creator:
    Leslie Bullock
  • Creation Year:
    1950s
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22.45 in (57 cm)Width: 29.53 in (75 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Good condition, folds as issued with front and back cover, staining.
  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU4369968892
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