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WRIGHT, Joseph, portrait-painter, born in Bordentown, New Jersey, in 1756; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1793. He was the son of Patience Wright, who excelled in modelling miniature heads in wax. In 1772 he went to England with his parents, and there received his art education. Subsequently he studied in Paris under the care of Benjamin Franklin, and on his return to this country he narrowly escaped with his life from a shipwreck. In the autumn of 1783 he painted a three-quarters length portrait of George Washington, afterward he painted another for the Count de Solms, and still later he made a miniature profile from life. He was appointed by President Washington first draughtsman and die-sinker in the United States mint, and the first coins and medals issued by the National government were his handiwork.
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