James Forbes (artist)
James Forbes (1749–1819) was a British artist and writer.
Born in London to a Scots family, Forbes travelled to India in 1765 as a writer for the
After returning to England he married and toured continental Europe extensively, including a grand tour in 1796 and 1797 of Germany, Switzerland, and Italy.[1] He eventually returned to England to write Oriental Memoirs. Largely based on his notes and sketches, it was subtitled selected and abridged from a series of familiar letters written during seventeen years residence in India: including observations on parts of Africa and South America, and a narrative of occurrences in four India voyages was published in volumes beginning in 1813.[2] The book remains a valued record of the culture, flora and fauna of India at the time.
Forbes also published a work in 1810 which advocated the conversion of Hindus to Christianity. The city of Forbesganj in
Gallery
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Common Striped Squirrel on aTamarind tree
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The Sacred Hindoo Grove nearNerbudda
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Shah Baug, a Summer Palace Built by the EmperorShah Jehanon the
Banks of the Sabermatty. -
Hunting of Blackbuck with Cheetah
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An Indian Hackaree Drawn by
Guzerat Oxen -
Spear-man in the Service of the Ragobah
Notes
- ^ James Forbes fonds, MSG 276, McGill University, Rare Books and Special Collections.
- ^ Oriental Memoirs were published just 5 years after Thomas Daniell's Oriental views in 1808.
- ^ Forbes - Oriental Memoirs
References
- Forbes - Oriental Memoirs
- James Forbes fonds, MSG 276, McGill University Library, Rare Books and Special Collections.
- Clan Forbes Society. "James Forbes Writer and Illustrator". Clan Forbes.
External links
- Bonaparte et Joséphine devant la façade de Malmaison, côté jardin, 1803, Rueil-Malmaison - châteaux de Malmaison et Bois-Préau ; RMN-Grand Palais|nature ouvrage - Notice 50160000410 - N° Inventaire : M.M.69.5.2. see picture online
- A view of Château-Thierry (Sur la Marne, on approaching it, from Paris, 1817, Château-Thierry - musée Jean de La Fontaine - Notice 07840001155 - N° Inventaire : 69.8.1
- View of Mâcon , on the Banks of the Saone, 1857, Mâcon - musée des Ursulines musée Lamartine - Notice 01720000722 - N° Inventaire : 13148
- Letters from France, written in the years 1803 and 1804 : including a particular account of Verdun, and the situation of the British captives in that city, London - J. White, 1806
- Works by James Forbes in Europeana Collections
- Digitized versions of Forbes's 1796-1797 travel diaries available, held by Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University
- Digitized drawings of images featuring in Forbes's Oriental Memoirs available, held by Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University