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George Hand Wright

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George W. Wright (1834-1934), American painter of Victorian genre scenes. Examples of his work are at the
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George Frederick Wright (1828-1881), American portrait painter. A large collection of his work is at the
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in 1893. He illustrated a number of books, and his work soon appeared regularly in magazines such as
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Works by similarly-named artists are often misattributed to George Hand Wright:
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has a collection of more than one hundred of his illustrations. A biography,
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Illustrations by George Hand Wright from manuscripts and early print books.
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George Hand Wright illustrations at the Library of Congress
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and the Westport Artists. In 1939, he was elected to the
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Marshall S. Berndan, "40 People Who Made a Difference,"
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George Wright (1860-1942), British equestrian painter.
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He married Anne Boylan, and in 1907 they settled in
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Fox Chase, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Spring Garden College
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Robert Vonnoh
National Academy of Design
Fox Chase
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Spring Garden Institute
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Robert Vonnoh
Robert Henri
John Sloan
William Glackens
New York City
Scribner's Magazine
Harper's
Collier's
The Saturday Evening Post
Westport, Connecticut
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Society of Illustrators
Salmagundi Club
National Academy of Design
Library of Congress

"The binding of Fenrir," illustration from Hamilton Wright Mabie, Norse Stories Retold from the Eddas (1908).
U.S. Navy recruiting poster, circa 1914-18.
"A Slicker", illustration from Harper's Magazine, March 1918.
Harper's Magazine

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