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Edwin Forbes
Edwin Forbes

Edwin Forbes

American, 1839 – 1895
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Edwin Austin Forbes was an American landscape painter and etcher who first gained fame during the American Civil War for his detailed and dramatic sketches of military subjects, including battlefield combat scenes.

Forbes was born in New York, studied under Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, and began as an animal and landscape painter. During the Civil War, he was special artist for Frank Leslie's Magazine. Many of the spirited etchings he drew during the conflict were later presented by General Sherman to the government. They are now preserved in the War Office at Washington because of their historic value.

After the war, Forbes painted landscape and cattle scenes, among which are "Orange County Pasture" (1879) and "Evening—Sheep Pasture" (1881). In 1877 he was made an honorary member of the London Etching Club.

He died in 1895 in Brooklyn and is interred in Green-Wood Cemetery.

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The gov’t. steamboat Wilson Small at Acquia Creek, Mar. 12, 1863

The gov’t. steamboat Wilson Small at Acquia Creek, Mar. 12, 1863 (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The headquarter cow

The headquarter cow (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The leader of the herd

The leader of the herd (1861-1876)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The meditative mule

The meditative mule (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The mess cart. Aug. 6, 1863

The mess cart. Aug. 6, 1863 (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The newspaper correspondent. News of the battle

The newspaper correspondent. News of the battle (1876)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The newspaper correspondent

The newspaper correspondent (1861-1876)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The old barn

The old barn (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The old spring house, with guard

The old spring house, with guard (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The Orange and Alexandria R.R. bridge (military)

The Orange and Alexandria R.R. bridge (military) (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The outer picket line, winter

The outer picket line, winter (1861-1876)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The picket

The picket (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The plains of Manassas, looking towards the Bull Run Mountains, from Gen. T.F. Meagher’s headquarters

The plains of Manassas, looking towards the Bull Run Mountains, from Gen. T.F. Meagher’s headquarters (1862)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The pontoon bridges

The pontoon bridges (1861-1876)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The Potomac River, near Williamsport, on the morning of the crossing of Gen. Lee’s army

The Potomac River, near Williamsport, on the morning of the crossing of Gen. Lee’s army (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The pursuit of Gen. Lee’s rebel army. The heavy guns – 30 pounders – going to the front during a rain storm

The pursuit of Gen. Lee’s rebel army. The heavy guns – 30 pounders – going to the front during a rain storm (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The Rappahannock River below the Station, Jan. 28, 1864

The Rappahannock River below the Station, Jan. 28, 1864 (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The rear of the column

The rear of the column (1861-1876)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The rear of the column

The rear of the column (1862-1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The rebs lament on leaving Penn., ‘You want us back in the Union, and now we’ve come you won’t let us stay’

The rebs lament on leaving Penn., ‘You want us back in the Union, and now we’ve come you won’t let us stay’ (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The ‘reliable contraband’

The ‘reliable contraband’ (1861-1876)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The reveille on the line of battle

The reveille on the line of battle (1861-1876)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The sanctuary

The sanctuary (1861-1876)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The showman in camp–A scene in the streets of Culpepper

The showman in camp–A scene in the streets of Culpepper (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The siege of Petersburg

The siege of Petersburg (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The signal officer off duty

The signal officer off duty (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The signal station sketched near Culpeper C.H., Va.

The signal station sketched near Culpeper C.H., Va. (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The storming of the first line of works at Petersburg

The storming of the first line of works at Petersburg (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The supply train

The supply train (1861-1876)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The surgeons call

The surgeons call (1862-1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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