Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell

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.[1]

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

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.[2]

Bibliography

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

Notes

1. Dyson, Stephen. "Lucy Wright Mitchell". Breaking Ground: Women in Old World Archaeology. Brown University. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
2. "Ancient Sculpture" (PDF), The New York Times, pp. BR431, 1905-07-01

References

• Dyson, Stephen L., Lucy Wright Mitchell, 1845-1888 (PDF), University at Buffalo, retrieved 2007-12-23.
• Dyson, Stephen L. (1998), Ancient Marbles to American Shores: Classical Archaeology in the United States, University of Pennsylvania Press, p. 106, ISBN 0-8122-3446-4.