# Portrait of a Man, Seated in Front of a Writing Desk

- By: Henry Edridge (British, Paddington, Middlesex 1769–1821 London)
- By: Probably Henry Duncombe
- Date: 1795–1800
- Medium: Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
- Classification: Drawings
- Dimensions: sheet: 14 x 10 1/16 in. (35.6 x 25.6 cm)
- Culture: British
- Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1965
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/363579)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP804207.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)