Historical Portrait
[Edwin Forbes, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]
![[Edwin Forbes, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left], 1880 (Library of Congress)](/api/img/edwin-forbes-head-and-shoulders-portrait-facing-slightly-left-1880-MuWpuN2hduQhsFTtkvOR.jpg)
Archive record
1 photographic print on cabinet card.
About this photograph
This cabinet card photograph shows Edwin Forbes in a head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. The image dates from 1880.
The archive record provides Forbes's name but includes no further information about his identity, occupation, or circumstances. Without additional documentation, the reason for the portrait and the photographer's identity remain unknown.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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Rights & Attribution
Credit: Library of Congress
Reuse: Public domain. Free to download, print, edit and republish, commercially or otherwise. How rights work in this archive.
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