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Description: | In the 1920s, there was still a sense of London being at the heart of the British Empire.
This mural by Stephen Bone includes a map of the British Empire at the time, with London set at its centre. It also depicts some of the things people could do at the end of their Underground journey: work, shop or go out for an evening's entertainment.
The mural is being hung over the escalators at Piccadilly Circus station in 1929. A team of workmen is fixing the five panels to the wall.
The mural was replaced by an Ovaltine advert in 1938. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Identity and Icons Art and Design | Temporal: | 17 Mar 1929 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Creator: | Photographer : Topical Press | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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