Rosetta, Egypt

c. 1871/1872

Charles J. Bridgman

Associated Names
Charles J. Bridgman

Artist, American, 1841 - 1895

The view is from a low angle, looking across a body of water towards distant land. The horizon is above the central part of the image. A grove of palms is on the horizon, separating the water from the sky. The brushstrokes are soft and atmospheric with blurred edges. The color scheme consists of warm earth tones and grays, with soft white highlights on the water and distant features.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and black crayon heightened with cream chalk on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.51 × 29.85 cm (6 1/2 × 11 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 23.2 × 31.3 cm (9 1/8 × 12 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.20.10

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 76.

Inscriptions

across bottom in graphite: (a Ch. De Tournemine) Environs de Rossetta (Ba[sse?] Egypt); upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: [not deciphered] / from 1871-1875 sketchbook / given to my husband Joe. 1943 by [not deciphered]

Wikidata ID

Q64538699

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