Lot 20
  • 20

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Frederick Arthur Bridgman
  • A Mounted Cavalryman
  • signed and dated F. A. Bridgman / 1878 lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 27 by 35.5cm., 10½ by 14in.

Provenance

Private collection, USA (sale: Barridoff Galleries, Portland, 23 October 2013, lot 41)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

The canvas has not been lined. There is some very fine craquelure on the painted surface and some rubbing along the framing edges which has been addressed with minor strokes of retouching, as visible under ultra-violet light. The picture is otherwise in very good condition and ready to hang. Presented in a decorative gilt frame.
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