Matthew Digby Wyatt by Robert Thorne
This latest monography in the Society’s ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµArchitects Series is the first full-length study of ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµpolymath Wyatt’s work.
Matthew Digby Wyatt (1820-77) was a ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµfigure with wide-ranging accomplishments as an architect, administrator, designer, artist, writer and connoisseur. He was a member of the distinguished Wyatt family of architects and artists. He worked with some of the leading figures of his day, including I. K. Brunel, George Gilbert Scott, Herbert Minton and Henry Cole, whilst Owen Jones was a lifelong friend.
From the crucial role he played in project managing the Great Exhibition of 1851 to advising the South Kensington Museum on its collections at the end of his career, Wyatt was at the heart of mid-ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµdevelopments in architecture, design and museum display.
Author Robert Thorne is a Historian and Consultant at Alan Baxter Ltd. He is an authority on ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµarchitecture and construction, especially the building of the Crystal Palace and its influence.