Portrait of John Forbes
Date
1848
Sitter
John Forbes (1787 - 1861, British) , Physician
Creator
Thomas Herbert Maguire (1821 - 1895, British) , Lithographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 320mm
width (print): 245mm
width (print): 245mm
Subject
Description
Three-quarter length seated portrait showing John Forbes in a jacket and waistcoat holding a top hat and a thin walking stick. He is wearing glasses and has white hair with his distinctive whiskers. His body is turned slightly to the left with his head turned right to look directly out of the frame.
Inscribed below: ‘T. H. Maguire./1848./yours faithfully/John Forbes’
John Forbes (1787 – 1861), British physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1829.
Inscribed below: ‘T. H. Maguire./1848./yours faithfully/John Forbes’
John Forbes (1787 – 1861), British physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1829.