National Portrait Gallery
Joseph Wright, American Artist (1756-1793)
February 15, 1985 – June 9, 1985
Some 30 paintings and graphics survey the career of the artist. He was the first American-born student at the Royal Academy of Art, London, the first artist to sculpt a bust of George Washington, and the first to assume the position of Engraver of the U.S. Mint.
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