Wilhelm von Wright

His father Henrik Magnus von Wright was a retired Major who owned the family estate, Haminalahden.

At the invitation of Magnus, he travelled to Sweden in 1823, where he participated in producing the multi-volume Svenska Fåglar (Stockholm: C. von Scheele.

[2] [3][4] His most important solo effort involved Skandinaviens fiskar (Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söner, 1836–1857) by Bengt Fredrik Fries and Carl Jakob Sundevall, for which he provided 60 color illustrations.

He also contributed drawings to the Swedish periodicity Tidskrift för Jagare och Natur Forskaren which was published in Stockholm by the Svenska Jägareförbundet for hunters and naturalists.

[2][5][6] In 1833, he became a member of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and, two years later, was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.