UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

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Harold Wright, 1885-1961

Nationality: English
Date of Birth: 1885
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Date of Death: 1961
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Identity:

Harold James Lean Wright was an art historian and print dealer with Colnaghi and Co.

Life:

A collection of over 3500 documents, including his draft catalogue raisonné of the work of Alphonse Legros, was given to the University of Glasgow. His collection was sold at Sotheby, London, in 1862.

Bibliography:

http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/collection/wright.html (accessed 2005); auction catalogue, Sotheby, London, 28 March 1862.