Original 1886 etching, hand-colored, with the horse market of Cairo: two dealers haggling over a white horse, beneath the latticed balconies of an Egyptian street. Engraved by James David Smillie after the painting by Frederick Arthur Bridgman known as "A Hot Bargain".
Original 1886 etching, hand-colored, with the horse market of Cairo: two dealers haggling over a white horse, beneath the latticed balconies of an Egyptian street. Engraved by James David Smillie after the painting by Frederick Arthur Bridgman known as "A Hot Bargain".
Bridgman (1847-1928), a pupil of Gerome, was the most celebrated of the American Orientalists; Smillie (1833-1909), founder of the New York Etching Club, is a central figure of the etching revival in the United States. Below, "F. A. Bridgman, Pinx" and "Jas. D. Smillie, Sculpt", and in the copper the signature "F. A. Bridgman 1884".
Medium: Hand-colored etching.
Artist / after: Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847-1928).
Engraver: James David Smillie (1833-1909).
Date: 1886.
Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.3 in (29.6 x 21 cm).
Condition: Good condition. Mounted in a mat.