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Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt (1820–1877), RGM

Alessandro Ossani (b.c.1827)

The Royal Institute of British Architects

Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt (1820–1877), RGM

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Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt (1820–1877) was awarded the Royal Gold Medal in 1866 and had been Hon. Secretary 1855–1859. Nikolaus Pevsner described his architecture as being ‘of a rather distressing quality’ but he earned his knighthood for assisting Sir George Gilbert Scott turn his Gothic design for the new Foreign Office in Whitehall into a classical one. As a writer, he deserves serious attention for as well as being the first Slade Professor of Art in Cambridge, he wrote on a wide variety of subjects connected with art and industry. He was a key figure in the planning of the Great Exhibition. Ossani was a Scottish painter who specialised in portraiture.

The Royal Institute of British Architects

London

Title

Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt (1820–1877), RGM

Date

1878

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 67 x W 50 cm

Accession number

PCF28

Acquisition method

presented by C. C. Nelson 1877

Work type

Painting

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The Royal Institute of British Architects

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Artist or maker

Alessandro Ossani

b.c.1827

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