Ralph Nicholson Wornum

(1812-1877)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wornum, Ralph Nicholson, 1812-1877 NRA: Wornum, Ralph Nicholson (1812-1877) Art Critic, Biographer and Keeper of the National Gallery DNB: Wornum, Ralph Nicholson (1812–1877), art critic and gallery keeper LBT ID: RaWornu1877 VIAF ID: 45084957 LOC ID: n79054277	B/BAP: 1812-12-29 DIED: 1877-12-15
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Educated at University College, London, he was a painter and art critic who succeeded General Thwaites as keeper of the National Gallery in 1854.
REFERENCES TO Ralph Nicholson Wornum: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter XI Found 1: ¶ 3 Chapter I Found 1: ¶ 12