Bridgman bụ nwa otu dọkịta. Ọ malitere dị ka onye na-ese ihe na New York City, maka American Bank Note Company na 1864<unk>65, ma mụọ nka n'otu afọ ahụ na Brooklyn Art Association na National Academy of Design. Ọ gara Paris na 1866, na 1867 ọ banyere na studio nke onye ama ama ama ama ama ama ama ama ama Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824<unk>1904), ebe ọ nwere mmetụta miri emi site na Gérôme's draftsmanship, smooth finishes, na nchegbu maka Middle-Eastern themes. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, Paris ghọrọ isi ụlọ ọrụ ya. Na 1874, a họpụtara ya na National Academy of Design dị ka onye otu Associate, wee bụrụ onye otu zuru oke na 1881.
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