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J. W. Wright

J. W. Wright

John William Wright was a nineteenth-century English artist known for his genre and portrait watercolour paintings and illustrations.

Lived
1871–1848
Nationality
English
Era
Victorian
Language
English

John William Wright (1802–1848) was an English artist who worked predominantly during the early nineteenth century. He established a professional reputation as both a watercolour painter and an illustrator, focusing his creative efforts on portraiture and genre scenes.\n\nAs a watercolourist, Wright engaged with a medium that was highly popular in nineteenth-century England, applying it to both individual portraits and detailed genre depictions. His career as an illustrator and painter concluded with his death on January 14, 1848.