Winters in Algeria
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890. First edition. 8vo: viii, 262 + 6 p. catalog. Green cloth with an elaborate gilt design moving from the spine to the front cover, lettered and blocked in black. Illustrated with woodcuts by Bridgman. Fine condition. No sign. Item #022747
INSCRIBED WITH A PEN AND INK DRAWING BY THE AUTHOR / ARTIST."To Mrs. Kate B. Noel, / Friendly souvenir of / the author / F.A. Bridgman / New-York 1890 / 28 March." The illustration occupies the bottom third of the page and appears to be a scene at a theater. Bridgman was a renowned painter in the "Orientalist" tradition. He trained in France along with Thomas Eakins, and exhibited at the Salon de Paris in 1877 and the Paris Exposition in 1878 and 1889. He received the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Bridgman exhibited over 300 paintings in New York in 1890, so this illustration probably was done then. He spent a great deal of time in Northern Africa painting street scenes, and lived in Algiers with his wife.
Price: $975.00