Portrait of Mrs. Wright

Medium: Pencil

Dimensions: 24.25" x 26.5"

Nationality: American

Location: Deets Room

Portrait of Mrs. Wright by David Ericson

Pencil, not signed on front. Artist name on back of board.

H. Mary Wright was a charter member of Des Moines Women’s Club from 1885-1891. She was born in 1920 in Saratoga County, N.Y. to Thomas and Ruth (Gates) Dibble. She moved to Keosauqua, Iowa after her marriage to Judge George G. Wright in October 19, 1843 then a country lawyer in Keosauqua. In 1865 they moved to Des Moines. They had seven children who were all born in Keosauqua.