EDEN UPTON EDDISS (BRITISH 1812-1901)
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF LORD JOHN KERR
EDEN UPTON EDDISS (BRITISH 1812-1901)
A young boy carrying a bale of sticks; and Two young girls in an outdoor setting (a pair)
Black, ochre and red chalks heightened with white on blue-grey paper squared for transfer
132 x 102cm (52 x 40in)
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The society portraitist Eden Upton Eddiss was a fellow student and longtime friend of George Richmond. After completing his studies at the Royal Academy Schools, and dallying with landscape painting, he discovered his vocation as a portraitist. He was in particular demand for his likenesses of children, a genre in which he excelled. He painted many distinguished sitters, ranging from Paul Mark Roget, author of the original thesaurus, to Viscount Ebrington, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Many of his sitters became life-long friends; he exhibited annually at the Royal Academy.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF LORD JOHN KERR
EDEN UPTON EDDISS (BRITISH 1812-1901)
A young boy carrying a bale of sticks; and Two young girls in an outdoor setting (a pair)
Black, ochre and red chalks heightened with white on blue-grey paper squared for transfer
132 x 102cm (52 x 40in)
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The society portraitist Eden Upton Eddiss was a fellow student and longtime friend of George Richmond. After completing his studies at the Royal Academy Schools, and dallying with landscape painting, he discovered his vocation as a portraitist. He was in particular demand for his likenesses of children, a genre in which he excelled. He painted many distinguished sitters, ranging from Paul Mark Roget, author of the original thesaurus, to Viscount Ebrington, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Many of his sitters became life-long friends; he exhibited annually at the Royal Academy.
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