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John Massey Wright

John Massey Wright was a British watercourist. He was the son of an organ-builder and was apprenticed to the same business, but, as it proved distasteful to him, he was allowed to follow his natural inclination for art. As a boy he was given the opportunity of watching Thomas Stothard when at work in his studio, but otherwise he was self-taught. About 1810 Wright became associated with Henry Aston Barker, for whose panorama in the Strand he did much excellent work, including the battles of Coruña, Vittoria, and Waterloo.

He was also employed for a time as a scene-painter at the opera-house. But his reputation rests upon his small compositions illustrating Shakespeare and other poets, which were extremely numerous and executed with admirable taste and feeling in the manner of Stothard. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1812 to 1818, and in 1824 was elected an associate of the Watercolour Society; he became a full member in 1825, and thenceforward to the end of his long life was a regular exhibitor. His drawings were largely engraved for the ‘Literary Souvenir,’ ‘Amulet,’ ‘Forget-me-not,’ and similar publications; also for fine editions of the works of Sir Walter Scott and Burns, and for the ‘Gallery of Modern British Artists.’ Plates from his Battle of Vitoria’ and ‘The Ghost, a Christmas Frolic,’ appeared in 1814, and ‘Devotion,’ a subject from Boccaccio, was engraved by Charles Heath in 1833. Though extremely industrious, Wright was poorly remunerated for his work, and during his later years received a small pension from the Watercolour Society.

Wright was born on Tuesday 14 Oct. 1777 at Pentonville, London, where his father was an organ-builder. He died on Sunday 13 May 1866. He married a Miss Meadows and with her had a son and a daughter.

In Collection: Illustrations to Shakespeare (View all 1404)

Midsummer night’s dream ; Oberon, Titania, Puck, Bottom, Fairies. &c., act IV, scene I

Midsummer night’s dream ; Oberon, Titania, Puck, Bottom, Fairies. &c., act IV, scene I (19th century)

William Francis Starling (English, active 1833 - 1845)
Heroines of Shakespeare Pl.3

Heroines of Shakespeare Pl.3 (1860)

John Massey Wright (English, 1777–1866)
Tragedy

Tragedy

Robert Smirke (English, 1752 - 1845)
Cymbeline; Apparitions of Sicilius Leonatus & his wife

Cymbeline; Apparitions of Sicilius Leonatus & his wife (1890s)

Walford Graham Robertson (English, 1866-1948)
As you like it

As you like it (1885)

John Jellicoe (English, 1842 – 1914)
Merry wives of Windsor, III, 4, Anne Page and Slender

Merry wives of Windsor, III, 4, Anne Page and Slender

Robert Smirke (English, 1752 - 1845)
The camp at Dover [King Lear]

The camp at Dover [King Lear] (1892)

Herbert Railton (English, 1857 – 1910)
Merchant of Venice, act 3, scene 2 … Bassanio, Portia, and Attendants

Merchant of Venice, act 3, scene 2 … Bassanio, Portia, and Attendants (19th century)

William Francis Starling (English, active 1833 - 1845)
The moor and the king [Titus Andronicus]

The moor and the king [Titus Andronicus] (1892)

Edward Linley Sambourne (English, 1844 – 1910)
Malvolio

Malvolio (1879)

Sir Hubert von Herkomer (English, 1849 - 1914)
King Lear, act III, scene IV

King Lear, act III, scene IV (19th century)

William Francis Starling (English, active 1833 - 1845)
Merchant of Venice, Shylock and Jessica

Merchant of Venice, Shylock and Jessica (1829)

Johann Heinrich Ramberg (German, 1763 - 1840)
King Henry IV, part 2, III, 3; Falstaff at Justice Shallows mustering his recruits

King Henry IV, part 2, III, 3; Falstaff at Justice Shallows mustering his recruits

Sylvester Harding (English, 1745 – 1809)
Second part of King Henry VI, act 2, scene 2

Second part of King Henry VI, act 2, scene 2 (19th century)

William Francis Starling (English, active 1833 - 1845)
Haunts of Shakespeare Pl.01

Haunts of Shakespeare Pl.01 (19th century)

Paul Braddon (English, 1864–1937)
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