Charles Cushing Wright (1 May 1796, in Damariscotta, Maine – 7 June 1857, in New York City)[1] was an American engraver and medalist.
Wright was first apprenticed to a silversmith in Utica, New York, then came to New York City in 1823 and established a partnership with the painter Asher Brown Durand (1796–1886) until 1827, named Durand and Wright, Engravers.
[2] Together with Samuel Morse, Durand and others, Wright was one of the "First Fifteen" founders of the National Academy of Design in 1825.
[3] He both designed and cut his medals[4] 17 of which are currently in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
[5] Wright married Lavinia Delliber (died July 6, 1860), a Huguenot from Charleston, South Carolina and a direct descendant of the second settlers of that city.