Stratford-upon-Avon & William Shakespeare's life. Kerry Lee pictorial map c1965
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'Stratford-upon-Avon - William Shakespeare, The Immortal Bard'
Kerry Lee's decorative mid-century pictorial map of Stratford-upon-Avon, one of a series of posters conceived to promote tourism to Britain in the years after World War Two, originally for the Travel Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The map provides a bird's-eye view of the historic centre of Stratford, with notable landmarks labelled with coloured banderoles. The map's theme is the life and works of William Shakespeare, with the red banderoles marking locations relating to the Bard. There are numerous cartoons illustrating people and events from Shakespeare's life and family, each narrated with red text. Three of the four corners of the map contain vignettes, showing Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Mary Arden's House, and Charlecote Hall & Park. The map itself is surrounded by a decorative border containing famous scenes and lines from sixteen of Shakespeare's plays. At the centre top is a stylised illustration of Shakespeare's funerary monument, with the epitaph replaced by a facsimile of his signature and flanked by his dates of birth and death. The top corners of the border feature crests of the Arms of Stratford and Shakespeare himself.
Size 48 x 62 cm | 18.5 x 24.0 inches
Date Published: c1965
Type: 20th century colour pictorial map
Author: Lee, Kerry
Publication: Pictorial Maps Ltd
Condition: Good |
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