The Reliable Contraband, ca. 1876

  • Edwin Forbes, American, 1839-1895

Etching printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Image: 11 × 16 inches (27.9 × 40.6 cm) Sheet: 17 1/4 × 22 1/4 inches (43.8 × 56.5 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Harry W. Longstaff

F74.61.23

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

Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Copy-righted 1876, by E. Forbes. Inscribed, lower right: "The reliable contraband"

Mrs. Harry W. Longstaff

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

Edwin Forbes, The Reliable Contraband, ca. 1876, etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Harry W. Longstaff, F74.61.23.