c1915, watercolur, size unknown
Provenance: This may have belonged to Annie Benthall, auctioned in Sherborne in 1970s; pwu.
Standard Reference: Bunt 144 (Bunt wrongly states this was the study for Cahors, Valentre bridge (E838)
Studies: postcards 284/34 and 284/38, Liss Fine Art. Identical viewpoint and shadowing, with Brangwyn addition of huts foreground.
Illustrated: Shaw-Sparrow, Book of Bridges, London, 1915, facing p16.
Exhibited: Drawings of Bridges etc by Brangwyn, Whitworth Institute, Manchester, 1916, cat 96.
The Pont Valentre and l’Ermitage at Cahors, obviously a favourite of Brangwyn’s since he owned at least 6 postcard images and a photograph of the bridge. This view is taken from one bank and shows the arched bridge with three towers and gatehouse, together with huts on foreground bank and town houses on far bank. Gentle colours with heathery hill behind.