Portrait of Two Children
Henry Edridge
c. 1790
Medium
Ivory
Dimensions
7.3 × 6 cm (2 7/8 × 2 3/8 in.)
Classification
miniature painting
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
20808
About the Artist
Henry Edridge
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...