Soane Medallion Competition: A House for the Learned Societies [The Building News]
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1879
Maker: William Richard Lethaby (1857-1931)
Dimensions:
Image: 384 x 279 mm (38.4 x 27.9 cm)
Sheet: 420 x 315 mm (42 x 31.5 cm)
Medium: Black printing ink on paper
Object number: R.112
DescriptionThis design is also known as 'Building for Four Learned Societies'. This reproduction of Lethaby's design was published in The Building News, issue dated April the 4th 1879. Full - "Soane Medallion Competition: A House for the Learned Societies"; showing 1) a finely drawn aerial view (perspective, from about a 45 degree angle) 2) ground floor plan with scale 3) first floor plan. With the text "Selected Design - By WR Lethaby". Reduced in size from the original.
