They were living at 100 Essex Street, now known as the Fidelia Bridges Guest House, but moved to a more affordable home on the same street after their parents' death. The couple left four children, Eliza, Elizabeth, Fidelia, and Henry. Eliza died in March 1850, just three hours before the news of her husband's death arrived in Salem. In 1849, Henry Bridges fell ill and was taken to Portuguese Macau, where he died in December. She was orphaned at the age of fifteen when her mother and father died within months of each other.
9 External links Early life Calla Lilly, c. 1875, Brooklyn Museum of Art Fidelia Bridges, May one of a series of twelve color print illustrations, 1876, collection of the Boston Public Library.įidelia Bridges was born in Salem, M*achusetts, to Henry Gardiner Bridges (1789-1849), a sea captain, and Eliza (Chadwick) Bridges (1791-1850).Some of her work was published as illustrations in books and magazines and on greeting cards. She was the only woman among a group of seven artists in the early years of the American Watercolor Society. Although she began as an oil painter, she later gained a reputation as an expert in watercolor painting.
She was known for delicately detailed paintings that captured flowers, plants, and birds in their natural settings. Fidelia Bridges (– May 14, 1923) was an American artist of the late 19th century.