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Richard St John Tyrwhitt (1827-1895), Writer on art

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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.

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P7(17)

Richard St John Tyrwhitt

by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
albumen print, spring 1857
NPG P7(17)

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Art
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Founders of the Alpine Club
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