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Title	St. James´s Branch Offices [The Building News]
Collection	Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection
Maker	Lethaby;William Richard;
Date	c.1879 -1882
Id Number Current Accession	R.85.22
Id Number Current Repository	287963174
Inscription	Reproduced - As title and "WR Lethaby Delt." First floor plan fully labelled.
Location Creation Site	James Akerman, 6 Queen Square, WC, London (Printers and Photolithographers)
Subject	Lethaby;William Richard;;
Material	Black printing ink on paper
Notes	R. Norman Shaw was the architect of the Albert Hall Mansions in South Kensington. Lethaby worked in Shaw's offices as his Chief Clerk between 1879-1890; Shaw had expressed admiration for Lethaby's drawings before employing him. This particular piece was almost certainly made during Lethaby's first three years at Shaw's company.
Object Notes	Full - "St. James's Branch Offices of the Alliance British and Foreign Life and Fire Assurance Company of Bartholomew Lane". Drawing by Lethaby of a building designed by Shaw, reproduced in the May 26th 1882 issue of The Building News (a double page spread). A very detailed 'sketch' view of the building with a plan of the first floor in the top left hand corner.
Object References	(re. Lethaby and Shaw)
Relation Exhibition	Object Lessons, London, London Institute W R Lethaby 1857-1931: architecture, design and education, London, Central School of Arts and Crafts
Relation References	Sale catalogue: Christies. 19 December 1989. Book: Rubens;Godfrey;, William Richard Lethaby: his life and work 1857-1931, Architectural Press. 1986. Exhibition: 1990. Thesis: Rubens;Godfrey;, The life and work of William Richard Lethaby
Rights	University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection
Source	Christie´s ; A.B. Waters CBE
Technique	Photolithograph
Work Type	Reproduction