Image: Forsterundsohn

Description: A man in a hat with a Forstera sedifolia on the brim holds a New Zealand bellbird. A younger man is depicted drawing. According to the letters of Therese Huber[1], the painting was inherited by Carl Forster after the 1804 death of Justina Forster, the widow of Johann Reinhold Forster, and then given to JRF's granddaughter Iphigenie Alberthal (1789-1864). In 1982, the painting was owned by Peter Rheinberger, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.[2]Photographic reproduction published in 1976.[3] Another colour reproduction was published in 1981.[4]For more on the publication history of various versions see Bertschinger, Los Gatos 1988[5] ↑ https://www-degruyter-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/document/doi/10.1515/9783110925715/html ↑ Hoare, Michael Edward (1982) The Resolution journal of Johann Reinhold Forster, 1772-1775, Hakluyt Society ISBN: 978-0-904180-10-7. ↑ Hoare, Michael Edward (1976) The Tactless Philosopher: Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-98), Hawthorne Press, pp. opposite 38 ↑ https://archive.org/details/voyagestoparadis00nati/page/105/mode/2up?q=rigaud ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050206031445/http://rainstone.com/Portraits-Forster.2.htm
Title: Portrait of Dr Johann Reinhold Forster and his son George Forster
Credit: Current version from dead link at [2], see also [3] Other versions at National Portrait Gallery: [4] Originally submitted to the English Wikipedia by Shauri. Better version uploaded by PKM 22 October 2006
Author: John Francis Rigaud
Permission: PD
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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