Thomas Wright (engraver), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Wright (engraver)

engraver and portrait-painter

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1792

Place of Birth: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 30-Mar-1849

Profession: engraver, painter

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Thomas Wright (1792–1849) was an engraver and portrait-painter.
After serving an apprenticeship with Henry Meyer, and worked for four years as assistant to William Thomas Fry, for whom he engraved the popular plate of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold in a box at Covent Garden Theatre.
About 1817 he began to practise independently as a stipple-engraver, and also found employment in taking portraits in pencil and miniature.