On the Brandywine (Cope’s Bridge), 1911

Grace G. Batchelor

Oil on board

12 x 14 in.

Signed lower right

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Grace G. Batchelor

20th century
American
Biography:

American Impressionist painter from Mainline Philadelphia (Narberth, PA) known for her landscapes.

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Description

Inscribed and dated on verso: Cope's Bridge/On the Brandywine/July 1911

Cope's Bridge, built in 1807 is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Pennsylvania.

About the Subject:

Cope's Bridge is a stone arch bridge that carries Strasburg Road (Pennsylvania Route 162) across the East Branch Brandywine Creek in East Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is in the Taylor-Cope Historic District. Before the construction of a bridge here, the site was known as Taylor's Ford. The original bridge at the site was probably timber, built about 1770, and funded by subscription. This was replaced by another wooden bridge in 1789. A petition to the Court of Chester County in 1804 complained of the decay of the bridge, and asked the county to erect a stone bridge instead. The bridge was built in 1807 and continues to carry traffic today.
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