Eden Upton Eddis
4 of 16 portraits by Walker Hodgson
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Eden Upton Eddis
by Walker Hodgson
Black chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on modern wove paper, 1891
16 5/8 in. x 13 1/4 in. (422 mm x 336 mm)
NPG 5896
Inscriptionback to top
Signed with initials and dated in pencil under chair arm: ‘W.H. 18.11.91’;
inscr. in ink lower right: ‘– Eden Upton Eddis –’ followed by ‘LONDON’ in pencil.
This portraitback to top
This drawing is part of a large sequence of portraits by (William) Walker Hodgson depicting figures associated with the arts. For discussion of a group from this sequence also in the Gallery, see NPG collection 4041(1–5).
Carol Blackett-Ord
Physical descriptionback to top
Half-length, seated and looking to left, wearing spectacles, with carved chairback behind head.
Provenanceback to top
Coll. Personal Service League, 1934; Appleby Brothers, 1957; Christopher Wood Gallery, 1984; purchased Phillips, 6 Oct. 1986 (118).
Exhibitionsback to top
A Fraternity of Artists, Christopher Wood Gallery, London, 1984 (30). The dimensions do not fully match but this was almost certainly same drawing.
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