Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 3

Henry Perronet Briggs
Graphite Study of a Head, Monogrammed Victorian Sketch, Gilt Fame

$2,098.06
£1,500
€1,791.33
CA$2,870.10
A$3,211.72
CHF 1,677.01
MX$39,484.79
NOK 21,157.43
SEK 19,909.03
DKK 13,364.68
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

Graphite on paper, monogrammed lower left Image size: 6 x 6 1/2 inches (15.25 x 16.5 cm) Contemporary style handmade gilt frame Henry Perronet Briggs Henry Perronet Briggs RA was an English painter of portraits and historical scenes. Briggs was born at Walworth, County Durham, the son of a post office official. His cousin was Amelia Opie (née Alderson), the wife of artist John Opie (whose portrait was later painted by Briggs). While still at school at Epping he sent two engravings to the Gentleman's Magazine and in 1811 entered as a student at the Royal Academy, London, where he began to exhibit in 1814. From that time onwards until his death he was a constant exhibitor at the annual exhibitions of the Academy, as well as the British Institution, his paintings being for the most part historical in subject. After his election as a Royal Academician (RA) in 1832 he devoted his attention almost exclusively to portraiture. Two of Briggs' historical pictures, first exhibited at the Academy in 1826 and 1827, are now in Tate Britain, London – First Conference between the Spaniards and Peruvians, 1531, and Juliet and her Nurse. His large painting of George III presenting the Sword to Lord Howe on board the Queen Charlotte, 1794, was initially purchased by the British Institution, presented to Greenwich Hospital, and is now in the National Maritime Museum. Among the more successful of the various Shakespearean scenes painted by him may be mentioned his Othello relating his adventures to Desdemona. Of his numerous portraits, the best perhaps was that of Lord Eldon. He also made the portrait of the Indian leader Raja Ram Mohan Roy. William Thackeray regarded Briggs as "out and out the best portrait-painter of the set"; though the Dictionary of National Biography entry (1886), by Warwick William Wroth, was more circumspect, commenting that "the pictures painted by Briggs, though not without merits of construction, cannot be said to belong to the highest class of art". Briggs died, of tuberculosis in London on 18 January 1844, aged 50/51. The lease to his home in Bruton Street, Berkeley Square was subsequently purchased by portrait painter Thomas Henry Illidge.
  • Creator:
    Henry Perronet Briggs (1793 - 1844, English)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 6.5 in (16.51 cm)Width: 2 in (5.08 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    1 of 1Price: $2,098
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU52413518892

More From This Seller

View All
Portrait Study of a Young Girl, Signed 19th Century Victorian Sketch
By Augustus Leopold Egg
Located in London, GB
Pencil and coloured chalk on paper, signed bottom right Image size: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches (3.75 x 3 cm) Mounted and framed Provenance Studio sale, Christies 18th May 1863 The Artis...
Category

Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Pencil

Study of a Woman, Graphite Sketch, 20th Century British Artist, Signed
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, signed on reverse Image size: 11 x 9 1/2 inches (28 x 24 cm) Mounted and framed Ernest Proctor Born in Tynemouth, Northumberland, the son of a scientist, Ernest was educated at Bootham Friends' School in York and then came to Newlyn in 1907 to study with Stanhope Forbes. He quickly become recognized as the best student of the School. He acted as Assistant to Stanhope Forbes and Elizabeth Forbes...
Category

20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Chelsea, Graphite Portrait, English School 20th Century
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, initialled and dated 1960 Image size: 8 x 6 inches (20 x 15 cm) Handmade frame
Category

1960s English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Portrait of a Lady, 19th Century French School Chalk on Paper
Located in London, GB
French School 19th Century Portrait of a Lady Coloured chalks on paper Image size: 10 x 7 inches Contemporary gilt frame
Category

19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Portrait Study, 20th Century Graphite Artwork, Female Artist
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, signed bottom left Image size: 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (19 x 25cm) Contemporary frame A characterful portrait of a woman in profile. The artist has captured much of ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Sketch of a Man in Profile
Located in London, GB
Sketch of a Man in Profile 17th Century French School Ink on paper Image Size: 10 1/2 x 7 inches (26.5 x 17.5 cm) Framed Provenance The estate of Joseph McCrindle Christies Old Masters and British Pictures and Old Master Drawings Sale 12th December 2008 This highly worked picture shows us a man depicted in profile is seen interacting with a scene that extends beyond the boundaries of the paper's composition, the pen strokes intricately portraying the man's face, rendering a detailed, textured complexion. He points his left hand out to something in the distance, with a look of almost alarm. The artist Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609-64) did a series of oriental head studies. The exotic headgear that he wears and this type of oriental head studies, had its principal source was of course Rembrandt, who etched many similar heads during the 1630s. In the seventeenth-century Western European imagination, the turbaned figure represented the epitome of alterity: the Ottoman Turk. Ottoman costume...
Category

17th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

You May Also Like

Portrait - Charcoal Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th Century
By Pierre Georges Jeanniot
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original Drawing on paper realized by the painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934). Drawing in Pencil. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions except for aged ...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Portrait - Original Pencil on Paper by Elizabeth de Noailles - Early20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Anne-Elizabete de Noailles (1871-1933) Good conditions, except for aged margins. Included ...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Portrait d'un Homme - Pencil Drawing on Paper - Beginning of 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait d'un homme is a beautiful original pencil drawing on paper, realized at the beginning of XX century by an unidentified artist. Unsigned This original sheet is glued to a wh...
Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Portrait of Woman - Pencil on Paper - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a modern drawing in pencil on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the 19th Century. hand-signed on the lower righ, illegible. Good conditions. The artwork represen...
Category

19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Antique Pencil Study of a Classical Female Bust Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Antique Pencil Study pencil sketch on artist paper painting: 20.75 x 15 inches provenance: private collection condition: good and sound conditio...
Category

Mid-20th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Color Pencil

Portrait - Original Charcoal Drawing By Edouard Dufeu - Late-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an Original Charcoal Drawing realized by Edouard Dufeu (1836-1900). Good condition included a blue cardboard Passepartout (22x 16 cm). Hand-signed by the artist on the lower. Edouard Dufeu coming from a family originally from Egypt, Dufeu moved to Paris in 1860 and frequented the studio of Charles Gleyre...
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal