Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell

Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell
Born	March 20, 1845(1845-03-20) Urumiah, Persia
Died	March 10, 1888(1888-03-10) (aged 42)
Occupation	Historian, author
Notable work(s)	A History of Ancient Sculpture (1883)

Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell (March 20, 1845 – March 10, 1888) was an American writer, historian, and expert on ancient art. Mitchell was one of the first Americans to write and publish a book on classical sculpture and was one of the first women to study the field of classical archaeology.

Mitchell was born in Urumiah, Persia, and was the daughter of missionary and oriental scholar Austin Hazen Wright, and the sister of classical scholar, John Henry Wright. Her two-volume, 766 page work, A History of Ancient Sculpture, examines the history of ancient sculpture beginning with its origins in Ancient Egypt, and includes another volume of plates.^[1]

Bibliography

A History of Ancient Sculpture (1883) Download. View
Selections of Ancient Sculpture (1883)

Notes

^ "Anicent Sculpture" (PDF), The New York Times: BR431, 1905-07-01, http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9B02EEDA163EE733A25752C0A9619C946497D6CF&oref=slogin

References

Dyson, Stephen L., Lucy Wright Mitchell, 1845-1888, University of Buffalo, http://www.brown.edu/Research/Breaking_Ground/bios/Mitchell_Lucy%20Wright.pdf, retrieved 2007-12-23 .
Dyson, Stephen L. (1998), Ancient Marbles to American Shores: Classical Archaeology in the United States, University of Pennsylvania Press, pp. 106, ISBN 0812234464 .

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Name	Mitchell, Lucy Wright
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Date of birth	March 20, 1845
Place of birth	Urumiah, Persia
Date of death	March 10, 1888
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