Forbes shows a big interest in John Singer Sargent's painting of Canale

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In 1881 Forbes accompanied his friend, Henry La Thangue, painting in Brittany – first in Cancale, then in Quimperlé. It was in Cancale that he first made a name for himself with this painting  ‘Street In Brittany’ as it was bought by James Maddocks, a wealthy Bradford industrialist in '82, whom in turned exhibited his collection, including this Forbes at the Royal Academy in 1883.
 
 
 

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• More on Stanhope Alexander Forbes
• See The Walker, Liverpool, England