Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell

Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell
Born	March 20, 1845 Urumiah, Persia
Died	March 10, 1888 (aged 42)
Occupation	Historian, author
Notable works	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.^[1]

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. "Anicent Sculpture" (PDF), The New York Times, 1905-07-01, pp. BR431

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.