Thomas Wright
(1792-1849), Painter and engraverArtist associated with 44 portraits
Served an apprenticeship with Henry Meyer. In around 1817, he began to practise independently as a stipple engraver and executed portraits in pencil and miniature. He made plates for Mrs Anna Jameson's The Beauties of the Court of King Charles II (1831-33) and also some of the plates, after Holbein, Walker and van Dyck, for Edmund Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain (1823-34). Wright spent time in Russia: from 1822-1826 and for fifteen years from 1830, working under court patronage. There he brought out a series of portraits entitled Les Contemporains Russes, drawn and engraved by himself and published in St Petersburg.
Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset
by Thomas Wright
line engraving, early 19th century
NPG D25755
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
by Thomas Wright
stipple and line engraving, probably 19th century
NPG D25804
possibly by Thomas Wright
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D28852
by Thomas Wright, after Abraham Wivell
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D8084
Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill
by Thomas Wright, published by and after George Dawe
stipple engraving, published 24 May 1819
NPG D10679
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
by Thomas Wright, after George Dawe
stipple engraving, published 1819
NPG D10701
by Thomas Wright
stipple engraving, 1820
NPG D25497
by Thomas Wright
stipple engraving, 1820
NPG D25572
by Thomas Wright
stipple engraving, 1820
NPG D26744
by Thomas Wright
stipple engraving, published 1820
NPG D27858
by Thomas Wright, after Mary Beale
stipple engraving, published 1820
NPG D30434
by Thomas Wright, after Abraham Wivell
stipple engraving, published 1820
NPG D10954
Maria Rebecca Davison (née Duncan) as Maria
by Thomas Wright, published by Simpkin, Marshall & Chapel, after Thomas Charles Wageman
stipple engraving, published 1820
NPG D38642
William Farren as Lovegold in Fielding's 'The Miser'
by Thomas Wright, published by Simpkin and Marshall, after Thomas Charles Wageman
stipple engraving, published 1820
NPG D38648
Julia Glover (née Betterton) as Estifania in Fletcher's 'Rule and Wife and Have a Wife'
by Thomas Wright, published by Simpkin and Marshall, after Thomas Charles Wageman
stipple engraving, published 1820
NPG D38655
James William Wallack as Rugantino
by Thomas Charles Wageman, published by Simpkin and Marshall, after Thomas Wright
stipple engraving, published 1820
NPG D38671
James Pimbury Wilkinson as Simpkin in Dibdin's 'The Deserter'
by Thomas Wright, published by Simpkin and Marshall, after Thomas Charles Wageman
stipple engraving, published 1820
NPG D38677
Sarah Egerton (née Fisher) as Clarinda
by Thomas Wright, after Thomas Charles Wageman, published by Simpkin and Marshall
stipple engraving, Published 1820
NPG D38686
by Thomas Wright, published by Francis Westley, after Thomas Charles Wageman
stipple engraving, published 1820
NPG D42534
Edward Knight As Sim in O'Keefe's 'Wild Oats'
by Thomas Wright, published by Simpkin and Marshall, published by Clement Chapple, after George Clint
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 1820
NPG D8443
Edward Knight As Sim in O'Keefe's 'Wild Oats'
by Thomas Wright, after George Clint
stipple engraving, published 1820
NPG D8444
Edward Knight As Sim in O'Keefe's 'Wild Oats'
by Thomas Wright, after George Clint
stipple engraving, published 1820
NPG D8445
Edward Knight As Sim in O'Keefe's 'Wild Oats'
by Thomas Wright, after George Clint
stipple engraving, published 1820
NPG D8446
by Thomas Wright, published by Simpkin and Marshall, after Thomas Charles Wageman
stipple engraving, published 1820
NPG D14022
James Russell as the Clown in 'Twelfth Night'
by Thomas Wright, after Thomas Charles Wageman, published by Simpkin and Marshall
stipple engraving, Published 1821
NPG D38692
Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford
by Thomas Wright, after Abraham Wivell
stipple engraving, published 1821
NPG D2762
Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford
by Thomas Wright, after Abraham Wivell
stipple engraving, published 1821
NPG D2763
Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford
by Thomas Wright, after Abraham Wivell
stipple engraving, published 1821
NPG D2764
Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford
by Thomas Wright, after Abraham Wivell
stipple engraving, published 1821
NPG D2765
by Thomas Wright, published by and after Abraham Wivell
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 1822
NPG D4992
by Thomas Wright, after Abraham Wivell
stipple engraving, published 1822
NPG D8947
by Thomas Wright, after Abraham Wivell
stipple engraving, published 1822
NPG D8948
by Thomas Wright, after Abraham Wivell
stipple engraving, published 1822
NPG D8949
by Thomas Wright, after Abraham Wivell
stipple engraving, published 1822
NPG D8950
by Thomas Wright, after William Derby, published by Harding & Lepard, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
stipple engraving, published 1828
NPG D32076
Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon
by Thomas Wright, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
stipple engraving, published 1828
NPG D26999
Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon
by Thomas Wright, after William Derby, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
stipple engraving, published 1828
NPG D32685
Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon
by Thomas Wright, after William Derby, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
stipple engraving, published 1828
NPG D32686
Harriet Elliot (née Warde) when Countess of Guilford
by Thomas Wright, after Andrew Robertson
stipple engraving, published 1828
NPG D35012
Elizabeth Cavendish (née Cecil), Countess of Devonshire
by Thomas Wright, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
stipple engraving, published 1829
NPG D28414
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