Portrait of Forbes by Maguire, from the rare portfolio "Portraits of honorary members of the Ipswich Museum."
Publisher Information: Ipswich: George Ransome; M. .& N. Hanhart, 1851-52. 598 x 439 mm. (sheet); 292 x 242 mm. (image without facsimile signature). Signed by the artist in the stone; Forbes's facsimile signature beneath the portrait. Portrait of British botanist, geologist and paleontologist Edward Forbes, discoverer of the natural mechanism for the distribution of montane plants and animals (independently discovered by Darwin). From the rare portfolio titled "Portraits of Honorary Members of the Ipswich Museum", a series of scientific portraits lithographed by Thomas Herbert Maguire that featured prominent naturalists like Richard Owen, Murchison, Yarrell, and Gould, published to support the Ipswich Museum's scientific endeavors in Ipswich, UK. Book Id: 52386
Price: $450.00