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ca. 1876

Edwin Forbes American, 1839-1895

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Title Descriptive Index

Artwork Date ca. 1876

Artist Edwin Forbes

Life Dates 1839-1895

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Dimensions Sheet: 24 × 19 inches (61 × 48.3 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Mrs. Harry W. Longstaff

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. F74.61.41

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Inscriptions Inscribed: LIFE STUDIES OF THE GREAT ARMY, | BY | EDWIN FORBES, | (LATE) SPECIAL ARTIST WITH THE ARMIES OF THE UNION, AND MEMBER OF THE FRENCH AND LONDON ETCHING CLUBS | A Historical Work of Art, in Copper-Plate Etching, containing forty plates, illustration the Life of the Union Armies during the years 1862-'3-'4-'5. | Descriptive Index. [follows] | [a list of all the plates in the series] | Issued under the Authority, Inspection and signature of Mrs. Edwin Forbes.

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Mrs. Harry W. Longstaff

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

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Hans Sebald Beham

ca. 1539

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