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Matthew Digby Wyatt
Matthew Digby Wyatt

Matthew Digby Wyatt

English, 1820-1877
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Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt was a British architect and art historian who became Secretary of the Great Exhibition, Surveyor of the East India Company and the first Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge. From 1855 until 1859 he was honorary secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and in 1866 received the Royal Gold Medal.

Born in Rowde, Wiltshire, Wyatt trained as an architect in the office of his elder brother, Thomas Henry Wyatt. He assisted Isambard Kingdom Brunel on the terminus of the Great Western Railway at London Paddington (1854). He also enlarged and rebuilt Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge (1866: now the Judge Institute of Management). He designed the Rothschild Mausoleum in the Jewish Cemetery at West Ham.

In 1851, Wyatt produced the book The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century, an imposing imperial folio in two volumes which illustrates a selection of items from the Great Exhibition of 1851. The book, which has won widespread acclaim for the quality of its plates, appeared in two parts, with the first dated 1 October 1851, through to the extra-illustrated title pages dated 15 March 1853. There are 160 chromolithographed plates produced by a team of artists and lithographers including Francis Bedford, J. A. Vinter and Henry Rafter.

He was appointed to the post of Surveyor of the East India Company in 1855, shortly before its role in governing India was taken over by the Crown, and subsequently became Architect to the Council of India. In this role he designed the interiors of the India Office in London (1867: now part of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office) and the Royal Indian Engineering College (1871-3: now the Runnymede campus of Brunel University).

A paper on the construction of the exhibition building read before the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1866 was awarded the Telford medal.

His work included, c. 1869, a substantial private residence, known as 'Newells', not far from Leonardslee at Lower Beeding, near Horsham in Sussex, as mentioned in A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6. Newells had been occupied as a preparatory school for boys from 1946 until destroyed by fire in 1968. Photographic images of the exterior and interior of the house, when occupied by the prep. school, can be seen at an external link given in the article 'Newells Preparatory School'. His other commissions in Sussex included Possingworth Manor and Oldlands near Herron's Ghyll.

Amongst the extravagant pieces he worked on was Robert Stephenson Works of Newcastle upon Tyne 1295 of 1862. This 2-2-4T for the Egyptian Railways survives with all its fantastical marquetry in the Egyptian Railway Museum in Cairo. It is called the Khedive's Train.

In 1870, for the Secretary of State for India, Wyatt oversaw the conversion of the Elm Grove House estate at Hanwell into the new Royal India Asylum, which opened in August 1870.

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Carpets in the mediƦval st

Carpets in the mediƦval st (1851 - 1853)

Matthew Digby Wyatt (English, 1820-1877)
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Cashmere scarf end.

Cashmere scarf end. (1851 - 1853)

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Cassette carved in ivory

Cassette carved in ivory (1851 - 1853)

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Centre piece in silver

Centre piece in silver (1851 - 1853)

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Chinese vases in jade stone

Chinese vases in jade stone (1851 - 1853)

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Chintz pattern

Chintz pattern (1851 - 1853)

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Chocolate cup in silver

Chocolate cup in silver (1851 - 1853)

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Cradle carved in boxwood

Cradle carved in boxwood (1851 - 1853)

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Cupid and panther

Cupid and panther (1851 - 1853)

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Dagger and sheath in the Damascene work, by Zuloago of Madrid

Dagger and sheath in the Damascene work, by Zuloago of Madrid (1851 - 1853)

Matthew Digby Wyatt (English, 1820-1877)
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Daggers & sheaths

Daggers & sheaths (1851 - 1853)

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Decoration of an apartment

Decoration of an apartment (1851 - 1853)

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Decoration of an Indian saddle cover

Decoration of an Indian saddle cover (1851 - 1853)

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Decoration, derived from the Alhambra; being a portion of the cabinet of the queen of Spain at Aranjuez

Decoration, derived from the Alhambra; being a portion of the cabinet of the queen of Spain at Aranjuez (1851 - 1853)

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Details of the home stove and fender

Details of the home stove and fender (1851 - 1853)

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Ebony cabinet designed by Lienard of Paris for Rinquet le Prince of Paris

Ebony cabinet designed by Lienard of Paris for Rinquet le Prince of Paris (1851 - 1853)

Matthew Digby Wyatt (English, 1820-1877)
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Embroidered bags from Greece

Embroidered bags from Greece (1851 - 1853)

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Embroidered boot front

Embroidered boot front (1851 - 1853)

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Embroidery in bullion from Tunis

Embroidery in bullion from Tunis (1851 - 1853)

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Enamelled vase & dish

Enamelled vase & dish (1851 - 1853)

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Enamelled vase by Hunt and Roskell of London

Enamelled vase by Hunt and Roskell of London (1851 - 1853)

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Enrichments from Indian illuminated manuscripts &c.

Enrichments from Indian illuminated manuscripts &c. (1851 - 1853)

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Fig. 1. From Monreale; Figs. [2.] A, 3.A, 4.A, 5.A, 6.A Palermo Cathedral, from the King’s seat

Fig. 1. From Monreale; Figs. [2.] A, 3.A, 4.A, 5.A, 6.A Palermo Cathedral, from the King’s seat (1848)

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Fig. 1. Rome Santa Maria Maggiore,1 1;4 inch to a foot. Fig. 2. Rome, Santa Maria Maggiore. Full size

Fig. 1. Rome Santa Maria Maggiore,1 1;4 inch to a foot. Fig. 2. Rome, Santa Maria Maggiore. Full size (1848)

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Fig. 1. Rome, from the Nave of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura

Fig. 1. Rome, from the Nave of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura (1848)

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Fig. 1. Rome, San Bartolomeo Nell’ Isola del Tevere; Figs. 2., 3., & 4. Rome, San Giovanni Laterano

Fig. 1. Rome, San Bartolomeo Nell’ Isola del Tevere; Figs. 2., 3., & 4. Rome, San Giovanni Laterano (1848)

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Fig. 1. Rome, San Giovanni, E. Paulo; Fig. 2. Palermo from La Martoranta, full size; Figs. 3. & 4., from Santa Maria in Cosmedino, Rome

Fig. 1. Rome, San Giovanni, E. Paulo; Fig. 2. Palermo from La Martoranta, full size; Figs. 3. & 4., from Santa Maria in Cosmedino, Rome (1848)

Matthew Digby Wyatt (English, 1820-1877)
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Fig. 1. Rome, San Lorenzo fuori le Mura Fig. 2. Rome, San Giovanni Laterano

Fig. 1. Rome, San Lorenzo fuori le Mura Fig. 2. Rome, San Giovanni Laterano (1848)

Matthew Digby Wyatt (English, 1820-1877)
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Fig. 1. Rome, San Lorenzo fuori le Mura. Full size; Fig. 2. Rome, San Giovanni Laterano. Full size

Fig. 1. Rome, San Lorenzo fuori le Mura. Full size; Fig. 2. Rome, San Giovanni Laterano. Full size (1848)

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Fig. 1. Rome, San Marco, from the choir ; Fig. 2. Rome, Santa Maria Maggiore. Full size.

Fig. 1. Rome, San Marco, from the choir ; Fig. 2. Rome, Santa Maria Maggiore. Full size. (1848)

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