Newspaper item: "PORTRAIT PAINTING. -- We lately visited the room of Mr. Jefferson Wright, in this city, and were agreeably surprised to notice the remarkable accuracy which char-acterises the portraits he has finished. We have never seen the distinctive features of the human countenance delineated with more accuracy by any artist. A person after examining these portraits, and readily comprehend the remark -- "the canvass breathes", for life itself seems infused into his figures. We have often heard of "natu-ral bone-setters", "natural poets", & c., but this is the first time we have met with a natural painter. It is worth a journey from the remotest extremity of the re-public, to secure a portrait of this excellent artist."
Source
Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Texas), June 2, 1841. Electronic version. (University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History). URL: http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48137
Original Publisher
Cruger & Moore.
Date Original
1841
Date Digital
2015
Language
eng
Type
Text
Artisan or Artist
Wright, Jefferson.
Subject LC
Painters
Subject MESDA
Artist
Occupation
Portraitists
Coverage Place
Republic of Texas ; Houston (Harris County, Tex.)
Coverage Date
1841
Resource Set
Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.)
Rights
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