湯瑪斯·賴特

1792-1849 English

雕刻俄國宮廷肖像

托馬斯·賴特是一位版畫家和肖像畫家。 他曾擔任亨利·邁耶的學徒，並作為威廉·托馬斯·弗賴的助手工作了四年，期間為弗賴雕刻了考文特花園劇院包廂中夏洛特公主與利奧波德王子的流行版畫。約1817年，他開始獨立從事點刻版畫創作，同時也受僱繪製鉛筆肖像和微型肖像。 他與喬治·道關係密切，並娶了其妹為妻；1822年，他隨道前往聖彼得堡，為其俄羅斯將軍肖像畫廊製作版畫；在那裡，他還根據道的作品雕刻了亞歷山大皇帝的精美版畫，以及亞歷山德拉皇后與其子女的版畫，因此他獲得了皇室成員贈送的鑽石戒指和普魯士國王頒發的金質獎章。 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.