Lot Essay
Korosko is situated on a sharp bend in the River Nile between Wadi Haifa and Aswan.
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Three studies of figures towing a dahabiya, Egypt (in one frame); and Studies of a Nubian in traditional dress at Korosko (both illustrated)
Details
Frederick Arthur Bridgman (Tuskagee, Alabama 1847-1928 Rouen, France)
Three studies of figures towing a dahabiya, Egypt (in one frame); and Studies of a Nubian in traditional dress at Korosko (both illustrated)
the first three with artist's studio stamp, and one inscribed and dated 'Nile/Dec/73' (lower right); the second inscribed and dated 'Korosko. Nubia/of/Khartoum. accom-/pany caravans./Feb 17. 1874/Bécharis' (lower right)
pencil, two with watercolour, on paper
5 x 8 in. (12.7 x 20.3 cm.); and smaller (2)
Three studies of figures towing a dahabiya, Egypt (in one frame); and Studies of a Nubian in traditional dress at Korosko (both illustrated)
the first three with artist's studio stamp, and one inscribed and dated 'Nile/Dec/73' (lower right); the second inscribed and dated 'Korosko. Nubia/of/Khartoum. accom-/pany caravans./Feb 17. 1874/Bécharis' (lower right)
pencil, two with watercolour, on paper
5 x 8 in. (12.7 x 20.3 cm.); and smaller (2)
Exhibited
The second, London, Agnew's, An American Artist on the Nile, Autumn 2000, no. 51.
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