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| Title | Le Pont de Nevers | |
| Collection | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Artist | Harpignies, Henri-Joseph (French painter and printmaker, 1819-1916) | |
| Date | 1861- 1898 (dated) | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | In the distance rises the town of Nevers dominated by its ancient church. A long stone bridge spans the Loire. In the foreground stands a stately group of trees balanced by a smaller group, between them a little footpath up which a man and a woman climb. | |
| Current Accession Number | 1936P54 | |
| Former Accession Number | P.54.´36 | |
| Inscription | front ll 'H. J. Harpignies, 1861 - 1898' | |
| Subject | landscape (Pont de Nevers) | |
| Measurements | 95.3 x 161.3 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by Mary Adams in memory of her father, Peter, through the National Art-Collections Fund 1936. | |
| Provenance | Peter Adam. | |
| Principal Exhibitions | Paris Salon, 1861. | |
| Publications | Burlington Magazine, vol. 24, 1916, p. 268; Illustrations, 1952, p. 18, ill.; Catalogue of Paintings in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1930; Catalogue of Paintings in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1960; Foreign Paintings in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, A Summary Catalogue, 1983, no. 79, ill. | |
| Notes | Peter Adam, Kidderminster. | |
| Rights Owner | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Author | Dr Patricia Smyth | |