托马斯·赖特

1792-1849 English

雕刻俄国宫廷肖像

托马斯·赖特是一位版画家和肖像画家。 他曾担任亨利·迈耶的学徒，并作为威廉·托马斯·弗赖的助手工作了四年，期间为弗赖雕刻了考文特花园剧院包厢中夏洛特公主与利奥波德王子的流行版画。约1817年，他开始独立从事点刻版画创作，同时也受雇绘制铅笔肖像和微型肖像。 他与乔治·道关系密切，并娶了其妹为妻；1822年，他随道前往圣彼得堡，为其俄罗斯将军肖像画廊制作版画；在那里，他还根据道的作品雕刻了亚历山大皇帝的精美版画，以及亚历山德拉皇后与其子女的版画，因此他获得了皇室成员赠送的钻石戒指和普鲁士国王颁发的金质奖章。 Wright returned to England in 1826, and during the next four years was employed upon the plates to Mrs. Jameson's ‘Beauties of the Court of Charles II,’ which constitute his best work; also upon some of the plates to the folio edition of Edmund Lodge's ‘Portraits.’ In 1830 he again went to Russia, and remained for fifteen years, working under the patronage of the court. There he published a series of portraits entitled ‘Les Contemporains Russes,’ drawn and engraved by himself. On finally leaving St. Petersburg Wright presented a complete collection of impressions from his plates, numbering about 300, to the Hermitage Gallery. He was a member of the academies of St. Petersburg, Florence, and Stockholm.