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Title	A Country House Porch [Building News Designing Club]
Collection	Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection
Maker	Lethaby;William Richard;
Date	1877
Id Number Current Accession	R.85.3
Id Number Current Repository	-2142215086
Inscription	As title; plus notes.
Location Creation Site	James Akerman, 51 Grays Inn Road, WC, London (Printers and Photolithographers)
Subject	Lethaby;William Richard;;
Material	Black printing ink on paper
Notes	See F.2. This reproduction appears on a page (from the Building News) with five other designs for country house porches by other designers. The original drawing by Lethaby was part of his 1877 entry into the Building News Designing Club competition. He went on to become the overall winner in 1878.
Object Notes	Design for "A Country House Porch"; reproduced and published with five other designs of the same subject by other designers in The Building News, issue dated March 23rd 1877. Shows 1) section 2) plan and 3) front elevation. Scale in feet and inches. Signed with the Debut pseudonym. Reduced in size from the original. See F.2.
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	Book: Rubens;Godfrey;, William Richard Lethaby: his life and work 1857-1931, Architectural Press. 1986. Sale catalogue: Christies. 29 October 1991. 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