Patience Wright

Patience Wright
Portrait of Patience Wright
Born
Patience Lovell

1725
Oyster Bay, New York, British America
Died(1786-03-23)March 23, 1786 (aged 60–61)
London, England, Great Britain
OccupationSculpture
Spouse
Joseph Wright
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(m. 1748; died 1769)​
Children4, including Joseph Wright
Relatives

Patience Wright (born Lovell; 1725 – March 23, 1786) was a sculptor of wax figures, and the first recognized American-born sculptor.[1] Wright is recorded as creating at least 55 works; only her full-length figure of Lord Chatham (William Pitt) survives.[2]

  1. ^ Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer (1982). American Women Artists. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall & Co. p. 23.
  2. ^ Kathleen, Dabbs, Julia (2009). Life stories of women artists, 1550-1800 : an anthology. Farnham, England. p. 422. ISBN 9780754654315. OCLC 317824669.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)