Old bridge over the Clain near Poitiers (D1418)

Works on paper

c1915, watercolour, size unknown

Provenance: pwu.

Standard reference: Bunt 514

Illustrated: Shaw-Sparrow, Book of Bridges, London, 1915, facing p56. Bunt, Watercolours of Sir Frank Brangwyn RA, Leigh on Sea, 1958, plate 19. Lazareva, Frenk Brengvin, Izobrazit, 1978, plate 37

Exhibited: Drawings of Bridges etc by Brangwyn, Whitworth Institute, Manchester, 1916, cat 57.

A quiet backwater behind the bridge, with buildings in a sad state of disrepair reflected in the still water.  Tree trunk to right.  Colours shades of browns and rusts with pale blue sky.