Ralph Hyde
Ralph Hyde (25 March 1939 – 5 June 2015) was a curator of
graphic arts at the
Guildhall Library in
London, a pre-eminent historian and writer on the subject of
Panoramic painting. On his retirement he lived for a time in France but returned to London to continue as an active scholar in the field. In addition to having curated the Panoramania exhibition at the
Barbican, he co-authored with
Felix Barker the richly illustrated book ''London As It Might Have Been,'' which illustrates numerous planned, but never built, fanciful structures in London. He was a member of the International Panorama Council, and at the time of his death was compiling a Dictionary of Panoramists.
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