{"product_id":"rare-pencil-sketch-of-a-rooster-by-edwin-forbes-signed-c-1870","title":"Rare pencil sketch of a rooster by Edwin Forbes, signed, c. 1870","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRare, signed pencil sketch of a rooster by Edwin Forbes.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eActual print measures 7 ¼ x 6\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePresentation matting measures 19 ¼ x 11 ¼\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWe know of no other example of this image.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdwin Austin Forbes\u003c\/strong\u003e (1839 – March 6, 1895) was an American\npainter, etcher, and illustrator known especially for his Civil War\nillustrations and later landscape work. \u003cspan data-state=\"closed\"\u003eHe was born in New York City and studied\nunder the artist Arthur Tait, initially focusing on animals and landscapes. \u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cspan data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;\ntab-stops:list .5in\" data-start=\"467\" data-end=\"713\"\u003e\u003c!--[if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;\nmso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol\"\u003e·\u003cspan style='font-variant-numeric: normal; 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e        \n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eAfter the war, he published collections of his\nwartime drawings and etchings, like \u003cem data-start=\"799\" data-end=\"831\"\u003eLife\nStudies of the Great Army\u003c\/em\u003e (1876) and \u003cem data-start=\"843\" data-end=\"899\"\u003eThirty\nYears After: An Artist’s Story of the Great War\u003c\/em\u003e (1890\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;\ntab-stops:list .5in\" data-start=\"950\" data-end=\"1062\"\u003e\u003c!--[if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;\nmso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol\"\u003e·\u003cspan style='font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e        \n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eHe also returned to landscapes, cattle scenes,\nand other rural subjects, and the sketch offered here is likely from that\nperiod.. \u003cspan data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;\ntab-stops:list .5in\" data-start=\"1065\" data-end=\"1171\"\u003e\u003c!--[if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;\nmso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol\"\u003e·\u003cspan style='font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e        \n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eIn 1877 he was made an honorary member of the\nLondon Etching Club.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;\ntab-stops:list .5in\" data-start=\"1174\" data-end=\"1307\"\u003e\u003c!--[if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;\nmso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol\"\u003e·\u003cspan style='font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; 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