Fender, coal scuttle and fire irons [Architectural drawing]
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1877
Maker: William Richard Lethaby (1857-1931)
Dimensions:
345 x 480 mm (34.5 x 48 cm)
Image: 285 x 451 mm (28.5 x 45.1 cm)
Sheet: 346 x 465 mm (34.6 x 46.5 cm)
Medium: Pencil, pen and black ink, on Whatman wove paper (hand made 1871)
Object number: F.9
DescriptionSigned 'Debut', pseudonym of W.R. Lethaby. Published in The Building News, vol. 32 (1878-79). Made for The Building News Designing Club Competition. Architectural drawing, signed with the 'Debut' pseudonym, which shows 1) shovel 2) fire irons 3) general sketch 4) "part elevation of fender - a flat semi-ellipse (sic) on plan" and 5) "coal scuttle - a wrought iron basket". (NB inscriptions in ink incorporated into design).