1991.1016.84.9

W.R. Lethaby (architect)

Letter to Emery Walker from W.R Lethaby, dated 27.12.1914, Found inserted in the book, Philip Webb and his work by Lethaby, William when acquired by the museum, shelf F20 . Part of the Emery Walker Library.

London

1914-12-27 - 1914-12-27

20th century, Arts & Crafts

handwritten, printed

Letter from W. R. Lethaby, London to Emery Walker dated 27th December 1914 concerning the outbreak of war and a meeting with Philip Webb. Found in ‘Philip Webb and his Work’ by W. R. Lethaby. 111, INVERNESS TERRACE, W. Dec 27 1914 My dear Walker Thank you very much for your prayer for peace in wh. we all join. A Happy New Year to all of you I feel that there is nothing to be said, we can only wait. I do wish Shaw[i] had not written his song in such a thin small manner. The same nobly said might have passed for nobler thought but that th falsetto note only adds to our troubles. In any case I wish they would not talk so much yet, nobody knows anything. I saw [‘our inserted] Webb[ii] yesterday week (no fortnight) he hardly knew me at first and asked who I was, but when we got warmed over tea he became nearer his old self. With sincerest regards Yours cordially W.R. Lethaby[iii] [Footnote: [i]George Bernard Shaw, the playwright (1856 – 1950) [ii]Philip Webb (1831 – 1915), British architect and friend, inter alia, of William Morris. [iii]William Lethaby (1857 -1931), architect and architectural historian, a personal friend and biographer of Philip Webb. CAW]