- and extracts from catalogue forewords

'Foreword to the Sir Matthew Dighy Wyatt
catalogue by The Lord Wyatt of Weeford'.

"Matthew Digby Wyatt (1820-1877) would have greatly enjoyed meeting the Lingards. They share his meticulous attention to detail and accuracy - and, of course, their love of architectural history. Sir Matthew, like most of the other twenty seven architects in my family, was skilled at drawing and painting. A close friend of Edward Lear with whom he often painted or drew, his subjects were frequently not architectural ... The Lingards are remarkable discoverers in their chosen periods. Visitors to this exhibition will be glad to have discovered them. Young, enthusiastic, knowledgeable and adventurous, they have many new ideas for fascinating and unusual exhibitions waiting to flower".


'Foreword to the Thumbnotes & Masterpieces
Cyril Farey catalogue by Sir Hugh Casson'.

"This exhibition of work by Cyril Farey mounted by the Lingard Gallery concentrates not so much on the skillful portraits of buildings designed by others, which year after year dominated the Architecture Room at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and for which he was so celebrated, but on the sketches and studies made for his own pleasure. Here he escapes from the professional cage he built for himself as a perspectivist. Here he is his own client, every subject, every view point is self-chosen and warmed by personal affection. His sharp eye and technical virtuosity with brush and paper - somehow he always manages to make the paper work for its living by catching and holding the light - are relaxed, but the subjects never lose their authority and their sense of weight and of repose ... I am sure this exhibition will be widely acclaimed".

Thumbnotes & Masterpieces

Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt