Ralph Hyde (25 March 1939 – 5 June 2015) was a curator of graphic arts at the

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, 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

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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.

References

* ''The Panorama: History of a Mass Medium'' (book review). ''Technology and Culture'': 40.4 (1999), pp. 900–901 * ''London as it Might Have Been.'' Written with

. London: John Murray, 1984 * ''Panoramania! The Art and Entertainment of the All-Embracing View.'' Introduction by Scott B. Wilcox. London Trefoil Publications in association with the Barbican Art Gallery, 1988 * ''Myrioramas, Endless Landscapes: The Story of a Craze'',

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, December 2004, XXI * ''Paper Peepshows: The Jacqueline & Jonathan Gestetner Collection.'' London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2015 1939 births 2015 deaths British art historians British curators Historians of cartography {{UK-art-historian-stub