1918 Print George Wharton Edwards Metz Bridge Spire Church Pont Basses XGDA8 PEP2 XAD9C05 zz6475

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1918 Print George Wharton Edwards Metz Bridge Spire Church Pont Basses XGDA8 PEP2 XAD9C05 zz6475This is an original 1918 color print of an illustration by impressionist painter George Wharton Edwards (1859 1950). Educated in Paris and Antwerp, Edwards also wrote and illustrated several books on travel and was a member of the Cos Cob Art Colony in Greenwich, Connecticut. This print depicts the Pont des Basses Grilles, an old bridge in Metz, located in Lorraine, France. In the distance, the spire of the Metz cathedral peeps over the trees.