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Portrait of Thomas Hearne

Drawing
1800
Artist/Maker
Edridge, Henry RA (artist)

Henry Edridge developed a popular kind of elegant full-length portrait drawing. He had first exhibited as a miniaturist, and he employed the miniaturist’s technique of delicate watercolour stippling in the faces and hands of his sitters. This portrait represents Edridge’s friend, the landscape watercolourist and topographical draughtsman Thomas Hearne.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Portraits
Landscapes
Object type
Drawing
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Drawing
  • Frame
TitlePortrait of Thomas Hearne
Materials and techniques
Graphite and watercolour wash
Graphite
Watercolour (Paint)
Wash Technique
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Wash drawing by Henry Edridge (1768-1821), portrait of the watercolourist and topographical draughtsman Thomas Hearne (1744-1817), draughtsman, 1800.
Physical description
Portrait of the watercolourist and topographical draughtsman Thomas Hearne.
Dimensions
  • Height: 42cm (Note: Taken from Lionel Lambourne, British Watercolours in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980)
  • Width: 58.4cm (Note: Taken from Lionel Lambourne, British Watercolours in the V&A, 1980)
  • Gilt frame height: 680mm (Note: FRAME)
  • Gilt frame width: 840cm (Note: FRAME)
Summary
Henry Edridge developed a popular kind of elegant full-length portrait drawing. He had first exhibited as a miniaturist, and he employed the miniaturist’s technique of delicate watercolour stippling in the faces and hands of his sitters. This portrait represents Edridge’s friend, the landscape watercolourist and topographical draughtsman Thomas Hearne.
Bibliographic reference
Owens, Susan, The Art of Drawing British Masters and Methods since 1600, V&A Publishing, London, 2013, p. 60, fig. 40
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
D.542-1906

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O842752/portrait-of-thomas-hearne-drawing-edridge-henry-ra/
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