Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Signed and dated in pen, with black ink, lower left: "H. Edridge 1805". Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower centre: "9 /120 | Henry Edridge 1805 | Portrait of the Hon. George Pryse Campbell as a midshipman | born 1793, [...] Rear - admiral, d. 1858. | the distinguished himself when a lieutenant in the action between H.M. | Frigate Belvideva & the U.S.S. Resident. June, 1812. | from the collach of the Viscount [Evnlyn?] | Stackpole Count, Pembrokshire"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "09520".
Descriptive Medium
Watercolour, with pen, in black ink,, graphite and scratching out
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
71 South Audley Street, Mayfair, London, England
Country
England
Tags
Category
People & Society
