Kerry Lee (1903 – 1988)
Oxford

Original vintage map
46 x 60 cm
Published by Pictorial Maps Limited, Kerry Lee’s own company
c.1965

This edition of the map was produced around 1965. It illustrates a number of famous Oxford landmarks, including the Radcliffe Camera, Christ Church College’s Tom Tower and all of the colleges of Oxford University. Lee also frames this map with the crest of each college and an illustration of all the college founders.

Well known as a creator of pictorial maps of British cities from the mid 20th century, Kerry Lee generally draws a self-portrait in the bottom corner by his signature – as here, where he is seen painting (mustachioed and bearded, and clad in a brown tunic) with his ever-faithful dog Jim. Educated at Reading Schools of Arts and Science, the Slade and the Sorbonne in Paris, he subsequently assisted his step-father, an architect named Mr Harvey, as draftsman. Following the Depression Lee set up ‘Associated Artists’ at Blandford Studios off Baker Street, with a group of other commercial artists.

During World War II he was based in Hertfordshire creating detailed cut-away drawings of German aircraft, and after the war – still at Blandford Studios – published a series of pictorial maps, both those for British Rail and also his own publications.

Condition generally very good.

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