Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885. Attributed works :[Portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel Cyprian Bridge, the father of the attributed artist 1830-1840s]

Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885. Attributed works :[Portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel Cyprian Bridge, the father of the attributed artist 1830-1840s]
Date
1830 - 1845
By
Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885
Reference
A-303-029
Description

Half-length tempera portrait of a grey-haired military gentleman showing him in the military jacket of the Royal Artillery, with central gold buttoning, gold collar and gold epaulettes, and a silver and red belt.

Accompanied by a separate brass frame in which the portrait was originally mounted.

Identification: A great-great-great granddaughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Cyprian Bridge, Mrs Elizabeth Allen, wrote to the Library on 26 May, confirming that the subject of this portrait was the older Cyprian Bridge of the Royal Artillery.

Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).

Physical Description: Tempera on ivory, 100 x 74 mm.

Provenance: Previously sold at Dreweatt Neate, Bristol, England, 22 September 2009, lot 179

Transfers: Collection accessioned into Drawings Paintings & Prints; 11 cartes-de-visite of members of the Bridge family transferred to Photographic Archive from there..

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Format
1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Tempera paintings, Miniature works, Portraits, Tempera on ivory, 100 x 74 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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