Biography
Harold Wright (1885-1961) was educated at the City of London School and joined the firm of Obach & Co in 1903. This firm was merged with the art dealers P & D Colnaghi Ltd, London, in 1911 and Wright continued to work for Colnaghi's becoming a director in 1939 and became a recognised expert on early and modern prints.
Wright was a natural scholar and published many works - a translation and expansion of Delteil's catalogue of the etchings of Meryon (1924), and catalogues of the work of F L Griggs in collaboration with Campbell Dodgson (1941) and Sir William Russell Flint (1949) and numerous articles on modern etchers such as Rushbury, Nixon and Briscoe in Print Collector's Quarterly. In 1930 he lectured at the Royal Academy of Arts on the etchers Rembrandt, Meryon and James Whistler and again in 1939 on three earlier engravers which were published in the Society's journal. Wright was greatly respected both in academic and trade circles for his integrity and careful scholarship. In 1957 Wright received an honorary degree from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, in recognition of his contributions to the study of etching and engraving, and for his services to the University in advising on its art collections.