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Fri, Jan 26, 2024 01:00PM EST - Thu, Feb 1, 2024 08:00PM EST
Lot 198

Fidelia Bridges, Manner of: Botanical Sketch

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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Fidelia Bridges (American, 1834 - 1923) Manner of: Botanical Sketch. Pencil on paper, signed lower right, professionally framed and matted.
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Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Fidelia Bridges became a specialist in detailed watercolor studies of plants and flowers and birds in their natural surroundings. This was a time when watercolor became increasingly respected. She was a follower of the Pre-Raphaelite movement in art, the close-focus, detailed, small scale watercolor technique espoused by John Ruskin.

17 x 14 inches framed; 10.25 x 8 inches sight.

Private collection, Madison, WI.

Condition

Fidelia Bridges, Manner of: Botanical Sketch

400

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