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FREDERICK ARTHUR BRIDGMAN (TUSKAGEE, ALABAMA 1847-1928 ROUEN, FRANCE) (Lots 891-895) Born in Tuskagee, Alabama on 10 November 1847, Bridgman later studied at the Brooklyn Art Association, as well as taking antique life classes at the National Academy of Design. By 1866, he had moved to Paris, where as a student at the Écoles des Beaux-Arts, he was taught for two years by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1842-1904). It was not, however, until visiting Africa that Bridgman began to concentrate on Orientalist subjects. Bridgman's voyage on the Nile began in Cairo on 22 December, 1873 and he arrived at the Second Cataract, his destination eight hundred miles to the south, just over six weeks later. The drawings offered below were made on his return journey to Cairo, where he disembarked on 2 April, 1874.

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (Tuskagee, Alabama 1847-1928 Rouen, France)

Four studies from the Temple of Seti I, Abydos, Egypt, including: Study of a relief of the head of Khonsu (illustrated); Study of a relief; Study of a relief of a goddess; and Study of a relief of the head of Seti I

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Frederick Arthur Bridgman (Tuskagee, Alabama 1847-1928 Rouen, France)
Four studies from the Temple of Seti I, Abydos, Egypt, including: Study of a relief of the head of Khonsu (illustrated); Study of a relief; Study of a relief of a goddess; and Study of a relief of the head of Seti I
all four with artist's studio stamp and variously inscribed and dated 'Abydos (Egypt) 25 March 1984'
pencil, the first with watercolour, on paper, one unframed
8½ x 7 in. (21.6 x 17.8 cm.) (4)

Exhibited

London, Agnew's, An American Artist on the Nile, Autumn 2000, nos. 30, 26 & 27 respectively.

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