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Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
Her curled hair is decorated with ropes of pearls. The landscaped garden features a neoclassical rotunda surrounded by tall trees that are reflected in the lake. In the foreground colourful hollyhocks before a stone urn on a pedestal draws in the viewer’s eye.
Watercolour on card with slight age-toning and a light scratch (as shown), circa 1795. The portrait is presented in a handsome bird’s eye maple veneer frame (old loss to the corners) with a gilt slip (with rubbing).
The eldest son of a London tradesman, Henry Edridge (1768-1821) was apprenticed to an engraver and, aged 15, entered the Royal Academy Schools. His London studio attracted the aristocracy as well as many artists and poets.
Size: framed, 360 x 312mm
Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
Small portraiture of character & historical interest
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Henry Edridge Attrib. Watercolour Portrait in Classical Landscape
