Richard Wright (painter)

Richard Wright
The Battle of Quiberon Bay, 21 November 1759: the Day After
Bornc.1723
Liverpool, England
Diedc.1775
AwardsSociety of Arts
1764, 1766, 1768 Best Marine Picture

Richard Wright (c.1723c.1775) was an English marine painter. An entirely self-taught artist, he first appeared as an exhibitor in London in 1760, and between that date and 1773 exhibited twenty-five works with the Incorporated Society of Artists and one with the Free Society.