FREDERICK ARTHUR BRIDGMAN (AMERICAN 1847-1928)

Under the Arcades in Thun, Switzerland

dated Thoune / 5 Sept. 1904 in pencil (lower right); inscribed Schuhhandlung Steiner Walter in pencil on the arch (upper left); stamped with the studio stamp Atelier F. A. BRIDGMAN/ NICE 1954 in blue ink (lower right)

pencil on paper; a page from the artist's sketchbook

18.3 x 23.6 cm (7 1/4 x 9 1/4 in)

unframed

This present view is of the arcaded passageway in Thun in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. The inscription on top of the arch and the image of a boot on the right-hand pillar mark the shop as that of a shoemaker.