DOI Heft:
No. 333 (December 1920)
DOI Artikel:Gibson, Frank: The drawings of Henry Edridge, A.R.A.
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21401#0196
THE DRAWINGS OF HENRY EDRIDGE, A.R.A.
PORTRAIT OF HENRY GRATTAN
FROM A LEAD PENCIL DRAWING
BY HENRY EDRIDGE, A.R.A.
(Francis Wellesley Collection)
branch-of art. His representation of example of Edridge's portrait draughts-
Henry Grattan, the most splendid figure manship. She stands, a tall, dignified
of the old Irish Parliament, displays his woman, beside the conventional pillar
interest in the man. As shown in the and curtain on a terrace, a woody land-
reproduction, he is in the act of addressing scape forming the background. Her figure
the House. With his right hand on the is well posed with naturalness and ease,
table and with an air of earnestness, he and is drawn and modelled throughout
harangues his fellow members. The face with the lead pencil and black chalk,
of the orator is searchingly drawn and slightly reinforced with water-colour in
modelled with the pencil point, the lips detail, as in the cloudy sky, while her
and cheeks being faintly touched with red veil and black dress and parts of the scarf
chalk. This drawing has all the are tinted a blackish grey. The face is
spontaneity of a sketch. Another of the treated like a miniature, yet not niggled,
drawings in the Wellesley collection is for it has breadth and expression. The
a portrait of Queen Charlotte, a good flesh colour and light blue eyes are pure
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PORTRAIT OF HENRY GRATTAN
FROM A LEAD PENCIL DRAWING
BY HENRY EDRIDGE, A.R.A.
(Francis Wellesley Collection)
branch-of art. His representation of example of Edridge's portrait draughts-
Henry Grattan, the most splendid figure manship. She stands, a tall, dignified
of the old Irish Parliament, displays his woman, beside the conventional pillar
interest in the man. As shown in the and curtain on a terrace, a woody land-
reproduction, he is in the act of addressing scape forming the background. Her figure
the House. With his right hand on the is well posed with naturalness and ease,
table and with an air of earnestness, he and is drawn and modelled throughout
harangues his fellow members. The face with the lead pencil and black chalk,
of the orator is searchingly drawn and slightly reinforced with water-colour in
modelled with the pencil point, the lips detail, as in the cloudy sky, while her
and cheeks being faintly touched with red veil and black dress and parts of the scarf
chalk. This drawing has all the are tinted a blackish grey. The face is
spontaneity of a sketch. Another of the treated like a miniature, yet not niggled,
drawings in the Wellesley collection is for it has breadth and expression. The
a portrait of Queen Charlotte, a good flesh colour and light blue eyes are pure
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