Portrait of a Man, Seated in Front of a Writing Desk
1795–1800
Medium
Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
Dimensions
sheet: 14 x 10 1/16 in. (35.6 x 25.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1965
Accession Number
65.646.9
Tags
About the Artist
Henry Edridge|Henry Duncombe
Henry Edridge (1768–1821) was a British watercolorist and portrait painter who achieved remarkable success combining the delicacy of miniature painting with the breadth of draughtsmanship in portrait watercolors. Born in Paddington in 1768 (baptized October 3), Edridge became one of the most sought-after portraitists in early nineteenth-century Britain, capturing likenesses of notable figures incl...