Studio: international art (80.1920)

STUDIO-TALK

"THE MARKET PLACE, ROUEN "
LEAD PENCIL DRAWING BY
HENRY EDRIDGE, A.R.A.

(Collection of Thos. Girtin, Esq.)

the Gate of Hertford College, reproduced.
Dated 1820, it well exemplifies the artist's
fine feeling for atmosphere, and the effect
of calm sunlight and its play on old
buildings and figures is wonderfully ex-
pressed by such a simple instrument as
the black lead pencil. a a a

When it is considered that Henry
Edridge was a good portraitist, and that
he excelled still more as a landscape
draughtsman, it must be acknowledged
that he was an artist of rare and varied
gifts, and is worthy of more respect and
reputation than he has yet received. a

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STUDIO TALK.
(From our own Correspondents.)

LONDON.—The Wallace Collection
with its priceless treasures has now
been reopened after a long interval, during
part of which Hertford House was occu-
pied by the Ministry of Munitions. The
building was vacated by the Ministry
some time ago, but the reopening was
delayed in order that the process of fire-
proofing the building, begun before the
War, might be completed, and in addition
to this work the rooms have been re-