- Also known as
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Henry Edridge
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primary name: Edridge, Henry
- Details
- individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; publisher/printer; British; Male
- Life dates
- 1768-1821
- Address
- 64, Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, London (1804)
Margaret Street (1812)
- Biography
- Painter, portraitist, draughtsman and mezzotint printmaker; part of circle of artists patronized by Dr Thomas Monro and Sir Charles Long and especially his wife, the amateur artist Amelia, later Lady Farnborough; A.R.A.
- Bibliography
- ODNB
Simon Houfe, 'Henry Edridge 1769-1821 - a neoclassical portraitist', Antique Collector, 43 (1972), 211-16
For a series of drawings of fellow artists by Edridge, see K. Sloan and S. Lloyd, The Intimate Portrait (SNPG and BM exh cat, 2008, various entries)
Archival/Manuscript material in BM P&D Library: 3 boxes of papers and letters on the Monro School and Monro family and circle (including Sir George Beaumont, Thomas Hearne, with abstract of his will, Henry Edrige and John Henderson), once in the possession of Julia Coode (Grand-daughter of Thomas), given by Mr P.D.O. Coryton (Pressmark formerly c. 167.6.26, 27, now combined into 28; - registration number 1973,1218.17)
