Portrait of a Lady Seated by the Sea

Edridge attended the schools of the Royal Academy of Arts in London and worked as a portraitist and landscape painter. He also made many watercolors. The apparent pendant (1959.6) to this work depicts the sitter's husband and was most likely intended to be hung as a pair. Edridge not only emphasized the poise and accomplishments of the sitters but also included elaborate landscapes in the background. He added strips of paper on the bottom of both sheets, presumably to provide extra space for the composition. -- Exhibition Label, from "Life Lines: Portrait Drawings from Dürer to Picasso."