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The Rear of the Column

The Rear of the Column, ca. 1876

Edwin Forbes, American, 1839-1895

Etching printed in brown ink on wove paper

Plate: 10 7/8 × 16 inches (27.6 × 40.6 cm) Sheet: 17 1/4 × 22 1/4 inches (43.8 × 56.5 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Harry W. Longstaff

F74.61.18

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Etching (printing process)

Signed, in plate, lower left: E. Forbes Signed, in pencil, lower left: Mrs Edwin Forbes

Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Copy-righted 1876, by E. Forbes. Inscribed, lower right: The rear of the column

Mrs. Harry W. Longstaff

1974-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Edwin Forbes, The Rear of the Column, ca. 1876, etching printed in brown ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Harry W. Longstaff, F74.61.18.