War Map of Scandinavia

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Artist/Maker	Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd (artist) Gross, Alexander (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Handrawn map in pen and ink on tracing paper showing Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Small scale map of Northern Europe in top left corner. This is on a separate piece of paper which has been dropped into a hole cut to exactly its shape and secured with adhesive tape. One small area of the tracing paper has been removed with a scalpel and the surface has been scratched to make corrections.

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Categories	Printed Pages & Sheets Maps
Object type	Design
Title	War Map of Scandinavia (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Pen and ink on tracing paper
Brief description	The original artwork for a war map of Norway, Sweden and Denmark in pen and ink on tracing paper, prepared for reproduction and publication by the Geographers' A-Z Map Company, between 1939-1945
Physical description	Handrawn map in pen and ink on tracing paper showing Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Small scale map of Northern Europe in top left corner. This is on a separate piece of paper which has been dropped into a hole cut to exactly its shape and secured with adhesive tape. One small area of the tracing paper has been removed with a scalpel and the surface has been scratched to make corrections.
Dimensions	Height: 87.5cm Width: 55.8cm Irregular
Marks and inscriptions	WAR MAP/ No.6/ NORWAY, SWEDEN/ & DENMARK (Map title handrawn with artist and publisher's name, in box bottom right) A/ PLEASE REDUCE A.B. to 28 3/4 inches/ B (Handwritten in blue pencil along the right edge) ITEM 9 (Handwritten in ink on an adhesive address label, stuck along top edge)
Credit line	Given by Mrs Phyllis Pearsall MBE, FRGS
Subjects depicted	Maps War
Places depicted	Norway Scandinavia Denmark
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.858-2003

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Record created	September 24, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O105759/war-map-of-scandinavia-design-gross-alexander/

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