Henry Edridge Artist: Henry Edridge ARA (1768 – 1821), after.
Engraver: Alfred Dawson (1843 -1931) was a landscape painter, wood engraver, and etcher, also involved in photomechanical printmaking.
Title: Rue De La Grosse Horloge, Évreux. E. is a commune in and the capital of the department of Eure in the French region of Normandy.
Signed by the artist in plate: l.l. A. Dawson, ph. sc. (ph[oto] sc[ulp]. stands for photomechanical print or photogravure).
Dimensions: Image 10 1/8" x 7". Sheet 13 1/2" x 9 11/4".
Date: 1880.
Materials and Techniques: print on laid paper.
Watermark: Portfolio MBM.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Foxing. Remnants of glue. The left margin is trimmed as the print is taken from the discarded book. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: This drawing by Henry Edridge ARA is in the British Museum collection. (1819, Graphite) 1856,0712.926.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: British School XIX C.
Notes:
- in plate l.r. in Eldridge’s hand: La Tour de la Grosse Horloge, Evreux. Aug 4, 1819;
-Important because it is an early photogravure.