Abstract
This chapter describes Lethaby's progression from an unknown provincial to chief assistant. During the 1880s, Lethaby grew from an unknown provincial to become a talented and learned architect with a growing reputation among the cognoscenti as one of the new stars in the architectural firmament. It was, for him, a period of intense enquiry and development during which most of his ideas about himself, society and, not least, architecture underwent considerable change. The basis for this dynamic process was his long and fruitful association with Norman Shaw. Lethaby found Shaw a man of high gifts and a delightful person. Shaw was generous and loved to praise his clerks whenever he could. Lethaby and Shaw's unique relationship approximated to that of junior and senior partner, for, however, genial with all his staff, to no other assistant did Shaw extend the freedom enjoyed by Lethaby.
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