VIC LEE'S LONDON

Subtitle A City of Amazing Streets and Tall Tales

Vic Lee
Price $35.00 / £25.00
Description Description A lively illustrated tour of London in the company of Vic Lee - artist, storyteller and self-confessed ‘ragamuffin from south-east London’.

Based on Vic Lee’s series of prints of London, this book covers a variety of different streets and areas across the city, from Walthamstow Village in the north to Lordship Lane in East Dulwich in the south, from Broadway market in the east to Portobello Road in the west.

Through over twenty different areas, he brings to life the local life and architecture. Interwoven around the places are stories and anecdotes that he has picked up during his researches and conversations along the way, as well as some that may or may not be true...

Areas included in the book are:
  • Saint Pauls Cathedral
  • Soho
  • Battersea
  • Mayfair
  • Portobello Road
  • Southbank Centre
  • The Tate
  • Lambs Conduit Street
  • Exmouth market
  • Clerkenwell and Shoreditch
  • Broadway market
  • Kingsland Road
  • Columbia Road
  • Walthamstow Village
  • Stoke Newington
  • Islington
  • Crouch end
  • Clapham
  • Dulwich Village
  • East Dulwich
  • Brixton
  • Peckham
  • Maida Vale
Created in Vic Lee's inimitable, intricate illustration style this book is a work of art for lovers of London life and its special places

 
Vic Lee
Vic Lee is an artist, illustrator, storyteller, wordsmith and mapmaker. Vic earned a degree in graphic design from Nottingham Trent and spent 14 years in graphics before beginning his art career in 2011 with limited edition prints of London streets. These hand-illustrated prints featuring buildings and typography sold out quickly, with purchasers become clients. He has since created artworks, including murals, for some of the world’s biggest brands, companies, and institutions, including Nike, Mercedes, JLR, The Tate and Virgin Atlantic. viclee.co.uk / @vicleelondon
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