Matthew Digby Wyatt

Matthew Digby Wyatt was an architect, art historian and university teacher (1820–1877). He was born at Devizes and died at Dimlands.

Also recorded as Matthew Digby, Sir Wyatt; Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt; Sir Wyatt; Mathew Digby Wyatt.

Matthew Digby Wyatt in brief

Born
1820
Died
1877
Known for
architect, art historian and university teacher
Place of birth
Devizes
Contents

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Matthew Digby, Sir Wyatt, Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt, Sir Wyatt and Mathew Digby Wyatt. His recorded language was English.

He married Mary Nicholl.

Recognition and collections

Matthew Digby Wyatt received Royal Gold Medal and Knight Bachelor. Work by Matthew Digby Wyatt is held by National Gallery of Victoria.

Catalogued works

12 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1775 to 1868.

An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country (1872). Cefntilla Court. 5 Lower Grosvenor Place and 19–25 Victoria Square, dated 1839. 13-18 Victoria Square and 6 Lower Grosvenor Place, dated 1839. Crimean War Memorial Arch And Gates, Brompton Barracks, dated 1856. University Pitt Club, dated 1865. Foreign Office building, dated 1868. Design for a Jacobean-style Staircase (recto); Architectural Element Design (verso), dated ca. 1867, watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, touches of gouache (bodycolor), held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 58.545.22. Hot water jug, dated 1775–76, silver, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1993.73. Wyatt, Sir Matthew Digby (1820-1877), dated 1853-1856, held by Wellcome Collection. The art of illuminating as practised in Europe from the earliest times : illustrated by borders, initial letters, and alphabets / selected & chromolithographed by W.R. Tymms ; with an essay and instructions by M.D. Wyatt, archt., dated 1860, held by Wellcome Collection. Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Colour lithograph by F. Bedford, 1852, after J.A. Vinter after F.E. Knecht., held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Wyatt, Matthew Digby, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Wyatt, Sir Matthew Digby, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Wyatt, Sir Matthew Digby (1820–1877), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. 36722, 1876-07-06, WYATT (Sir [Matthew] Digby), architect ; et a., Art Sales Catalogues Online. Matthew Digby Wyatt, Notes and Queries, 1950. Historical Images of the Pinelo Palace in Seville, Disegnare con, 2025.

Digitised editions and texts

3 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Fine art, a sketch of its history, theory, practice, and application to industry, a course of ... (1870) — Internet Archive. The Byzantine and Romanesque court in the Crystal palace, described by M.D. Wyatt and J.B. Waring (1854) — Internet Archive. Design for a Jacobean-style Staircase (recto); Architectural Element Design (verso) (1867) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 9 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1820Matthew Digby Wyatt born at Devizes.
  2. 18395 Lower Grosvenor Place and 19–25 Victoria Square.
  3. 183913-18 Victoria Square and 6 Lower Grosvenor Place.
  4. 1854The Byzantine and Romanesque court in the Crystal palace, described by M.D. Wyatt and J.B. Waring digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1856Crimean War Memorial Arch And Gates, Brompton Barracks.
  6. 1865University Pitt Club.
  7. 1867Design for a Jacobean-style Staircase (recto); Architectural Element Design (verso) digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1870Fine art, a sketch of its history, theory, practice, and application to industry, a course of ... digitised by Internet Archive.
  9. 1877Matthew Digby Wyatt died at Dimlands.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    36722, 1876-07-06, WYATT (Sir [Matthew] Digby), architect ; et a., Art Sales Catalogues Online

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  2. 2.

    Matthew Digby Wyatt, Notes and Queries, 1950

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  3. 3.

    Wyatt, Matthew Digby, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

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  4. 4.

    Wyatt, Sir Matthew Digby (1820–1877), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018

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    Wyatt, Sir Matthew Digby, Oxford Art Online, 2003

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  6. 6.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Matthew Digby Wyatt.

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  7. 7.

    Internet Archive, 3 digitised items catalogued under Matthew Digby Wyatt as creator.

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  8. 8.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Matthew Digby Wyatt (6 objects).

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  9. 9.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 3 works naming Matthew Digby Wyatt.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  10. 10.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q6790415: Matthew Digby Wyatt

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  11. 11.

    “Matthew Digby Wyatt”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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