- Subject
- Photography
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- J. John[?son]
- Provenance
- Presented by the Executors of G. H. Gabb in 1949. From the collection of Richard Inwards.
- Primary inscriptions
- Printed photographer's details (partly trimmed away) on front of mount (only): 'J. John[...] Photor- 112 New St[...]'. Identifying inscription on back [in Richard Inwards's hand].
- Dimensions
- Height: 100mm Width: 64mm
- Inventory No
- 46725
- Accession Number
- 1949-10
Description
Carte de visite (albumen print mounted on card) of David Forbes, nearly half length, turned and facing left; vignetted. The card is cut away at the bottom edge, losing part of the photographer's printed details in a scroll. A New Street address suggests Birmingham, but the name is quite common of course.
David Forbes (1828-1876) was a mining engineer and consultant and a geologist and metallurgist, who had travelled extensively but lived in London from 1866.
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