Bridge of Delight
Isabel Lydia Whitney
American Art
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1927-1928
DIMENSIONS
18 1/8 x 24 in. (46 x 61 cm)
frame: 21 x 27 in. (53.3 x 68.6 cm)
SIGNATURE
Signed lower right: "Isabel Whitney"
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed side of bottom stretcher member, on wood: "Whitney 337 Fourth Ave" (legible upright with painting face-down)
ACCESSION NUMBER
54.16
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. James H. Hayes
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Brooklyn Heights circa 1927. Penny Bridge from Pierrepont Place. View down Columbia Heights. At right is house built by A.A. Low. Old Pierrepont house is next on the corner. Seth Low House at extreme right has been replaced by a modern apartment house. A playground was eventually built on the sight of the Penny Bridge. [comments from donor, 1954]
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
RECORD COMPLETENESS
Not every record you will find here is complete. More information is available for some works than for others, and some entries have been updated more recently. Records are frequently reviewed and revised, and
we welcome any additional information you might have.