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  Henry Edridge 1795. Henry Pelham 2nd. Earl Chichester


 
 

A fine pair of drawings by Henry Edridge of Thomas Pelham 2nd. Earl of Chichester and his sister Lady Amelia Pelham. Both drawings are signed and dated 1795. Pencil and grey wash.

Dimensions: 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" Frames: 10" x 12"

Price Guide: D

Item Reference: 140

Additional Information: Thomas and Amelia were children of Thomas Pelham 1st. Earl Chichester (1728-1805) and his wife Anne. There were five other siblings. Their home was in Stanmer, Sussex. Thomas (1756-1826) was educated at Westminster and Clare Hall, Cambridge and quickly developed a strong interest in politics. In 1780, he was M.P. for Sussex and was surveyor general of ordnance, in Lord Rockingham’s second ministry of 1782. In 1783 he was Chief Secretary for Ireland, in the coalition government and he was Irish Chief Secretary in Pitt’s government from 1795-8. He was Home Secretary under Addington from 1801-1803 and Joint-Postmaster General from 1807-1823. He was also in the Sussex Militia formed in 1778. Lady Amelia left the family home in 1813 after the death of her mother, and moved to 43, Upper Brook Street, Mayfair, where she lived unmarried until her death in 1847. Provenance: By descent from the sitters to Henry North 3rd. Earl Sheffield, Sheffield Park, Sussex. By Descent until removed from the Dower House, Clinton Lodge, Fletching, Sussex and sold at Sotheby’s in 1928. With Pawsey and Payne, London. Henry Edridge A.R.A. 1768-1821. As a young boy he was apprenticed to H. Pether, the engraver. When he was 15 he entered the R.A. schools where he copied some of Reynolds pictures in miniature. He exhibited at the R.A, from 1786 and in 1820 he was elected A.R.A. He painted landscapes, portraits and miniatures on paper and ivory. His early miniatures were mostly on ivory, then he used black lead or ink on paper. Eventually he drew lightly and coloured the face and sometimes the clothes in water-colour. Sometimes he used a blue shading under the eye, on the upper lip and a sharp shadow under the nose. His works are elegant and attractive.