Portrait of a Man, Seated in Front of a Writing Desk, 1795?1800, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, sheet: 14 x 10 1/16 in. (35. 6 x 25. 6 cm), Drawings, Henry Edridge (British, Paddington, Middlesex 1769?1821 London), In the 1790s Edridge was a proponent of a new type of small-scale full-length portrait drawn in graphite and finished using ink and watercolor washes. This striking example depicts a country gentleman at work in his study; the artist emphasized his bookcase by adding a strip of paper at the top