THOMAS WORLIDGE (PETERBOROUGH 1700-1776 LONDON)
THOMAS WORLIDGE (PETERBOROUGH 1700-1776 LONDON)
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THOMAS WORLIDGE (PETERBOROUGH 1700-1776 LONDON)

Study of four heads in profile

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THOMAS WORLIDGE (PETERBOROUGH 1700-1776 LONDON)
Study of four heads in profile
signed with monogram ‘TW’ (lower right)
black chalk
10 ¾ x 8 ½ in. (27.2 x 21.5 cm.)
Provenance
Charles Rogers (L.625), and by descent to his brother-in-law
William Cotton, and by descent to his son
William Cotton the Younger.
Possibly Rogers sale; Thomas Philipe, London, 15-23 April 1799, catalogue untraced.
William Esdaile (L.2617) (†); Christie’s, London, 18-25 June 1840, probably part of lot 1272 (8s. to Gills).
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 21 November 1978, lot 53.
with Pandora Old Masters, New York (An Exhibition of Old Master Drawings and Oil Sketches, 1999, no.14, ill).

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Lot Essay

Worlidge, a portrait painter and etcher, divided much of his working life between London and Bath and is credited with introducing both William Hoare (1707-1792) and Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) to the work of Rembrandt van Rijn, whose drypoint etching style he imitated. The present drawing demonstrates the direct, confident draughtsmanship which is characteristic of Worlidge at his best, with the short, broken line and hatching showing the influence of Rembrandt's etching technique.

Other examples of his drawings are in the British Museum, the Ashmolean Museum, and the Victoria Art Gallery, Bath.

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