Richard St John Tyrwhitt (1827-1895), Writer on art
Sitter in 1 portrait
A Student (Fellow) of Christ Church, Oxford, from 1845 and a Tutor from 1852, Tyrwhitt became Vicar of the University Church, St Mary Magdalen, in 1858. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, wrote A Handbook of Pictorial Art (1866) and was a friend of Ruskin.
by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
albumen print, spring 1857
NPG P7(17)
Art
Literature, Journalism and Publishing
Groups
Founders of the Alpine Club
Writers and critics



