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BRIDGMAN, FREDERICK ARTHUR (1847– )

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FREDERICK
FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)
FREDERICK See also:
ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)
ARTHUR (1847– ) , See also:

AMERICAN

American artist, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

TUSKEGEE

Tuskegee, See also:

ALABAMA

Alabama, on the loth of See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1847. He began as a draughtsman in New See also:

York for the American See also:

BANK

Bank See also:

Note See also:

COMPANY

Company in 1864–1865, and studied See also:

art in the same years at the See also:

BROOKLYN

Brooklyn Art School and at the See also:

NATIONAL

National See also:

Academy of See also:

DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

Design; but he went to See also:

Paris in 1866 and became a See also:

PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of J. L. Ger6me. Paris then became his headquarters. A trip to See also:

EGYPT

Egypt in 1873–1874 resulted in pictures of the See also:

East that attracted immediate See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention, and his large and important See also:

composition, " The Funeral Procession of a See also:

MUMMY (from the Persian mumiai, pitch or asphalt)

Mummy on the See also:

Nile," in the Paris See also:

SALON

Salon (1877), bought by See also:

James See also:

Gordon See also:

Bennett, brought him the See also:

CROSS

cross of the See also:

LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour. Other paintings by him were "An American See also:

CIRCUS (Lat. circus, Gr. Kipeos or Kptxot, a ring or' circle; probably " circus " and " ring " are of the same origin)

Circus in See also:

NORMANDY

Normandy," "Procession of the See also:

Bull See also:

APIS

Apis " (now in the Corcoran Art See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery, See also:

Washington), and a " Rumanian See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady " (in the See also:

Temple collection, See also:

PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia).

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