Charles Ramus Forrest (c.1787 - 1827) (1) (2). A painter, draftsman, military topographical artist and illustrator, Lt. Colonel Charles Ramus Forrest was also a combat veteran of the Napoleonic Wars... Read full biography
Charles Ramus Forrest (c.1787 - 1827) (1) (2). A painter, draftsman, military topographical artist and illustrator, Lt. Colonel Charles Ramus Forrest was also a combat veteran of the Napoleonic Wars (Peninsular War) and the War of 1812 (Battle of New Orleans). He was born in England and served in... Read full biography
Charles Ramus Forrest (c.1787 - 1827) (1) (2). A painter, draftsman, military topographical artist and illustrator, Lt. Colonel Charles Ramus Forrest was also a combat veteran of the Napoleonic Wars (Peninsular War) and the War of 1812 (Battle of New Orleans). He was born in England and served in India (1807 - 1811); Spain (1812 - 1814); New Orleans, USA (1814 - 1815); Ireland (1816 - 1817); Bordeaux, France (1820 - 1821); Quebec City, Canada (1821 - 1823); and Cork, Ireland (1825). His last... Read full biography
Charles Ramus Forrest (c.1787 - 1827) (1) (2). A painter, draftsman, military topographical artist and illustrator, Lt. Colonel Charles Ramus Forrest was also a combat veteran of the Napoleonic Wars (Peninsular War) and the War of 1812 (Battle of New Orleans). He was born in England and served in India (1807 - 1811); Spain (1812 - 1814); New Orleans, USA (1814 - 1815); Ireland (1816 - 1817); Bordeaux, France (1820 - 1821); Quebec City, Canada (1821 - 1823); and Cork, Ireland (1825). His last posting was in England where he died in the city of Bath. (3) (4). His mediums were watercolor, graphite, pen & ink, grisaille* and book illustration. His subjects were landscapes, harbors, topography, portraits, genre*, historic sites and buildings... Read full biography
Charles Ramus Forrest (c.1787 - 1827) (1) (2). A painter, draftsman, military topographical artist and illustrator, Lt. Colonel Charles Ramus Forrest was also a combat veteran of the Napoleonic Wars (Peninsular War) and the War of 1812 (Battle of New Orleans). He was born in England and served in India (1807 - 1811); Spain (1812 - 1814); New Orleans, USA (1814 - 1815); Ireland (1816 - 1817); Bordeaux, France (1820 - 1821); Quebec City, Canada (1821 - 1823); and Cork, Ireland (1825). His last posting was in England where he died in the city of Bath. (3) (4). His mediums were watercolor, graphite, pen & ink, grisaille* and book illustration. His subjects were landscapes, harbors, topography, portraits, genre*, historic sites and buildings like the Taj Mahal, and natural wonders like Niagara Falls and Montmorency Falls. His style was picturesque* Realism*. The AskART images... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (19)
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Communication and Colonialism in Eastern India: Bihar, 1760s-1880s
2012
Sinha Nitin
310 pages
Taj Mahal
2012
Tillotson, Giles
208 pages (color)
Lord Dalhousie: Patron and Collector (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
2008
Villeneuve, Rene
200 pages (color)
Benezit Dictionary of Artists, English Version and Online (Fourteen Volumes)
2006
Benezit, E
0 pages
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
250 pages
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists A to F, 5th Edition
1997
MacDonald, Colin S.
811 pages (color)
A to Z of Canadian Art: Artists and Art Terms
1997
McKendry, Blake
242 pages (color)
Catalogue of the National Gallery of Canada Ottawa: G-K: Canadian Art Volume Two (National Gallery of Canada)
1994
Lantry, Pierre B. Claire Champ et. al (General Editors)
401 pages
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
Views and Visions: American Landscape Before 1930 (Corcoran Gallery of Art) (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Nygren, Edward J. and Bruce Robertson
311 pages (color)
W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana- Paintings, Water-Colours and Drawings
1983
Cooke, W. Martha E.
550 pages
Canadian Watercolours & Drawings in the Royal Ontario Museum (Two Volumes)
1974
Allodi, Mary
500 pages
Early Painters and Engravers in Canada
1970
Harper, J. Russell
392 pages
A People's Art: Primitive, Naive, Provincial and Folk Painting in Canada
1970
Harper, J. Russell
176 pages (color)
A Century of Colonial Painting: The Seven Years War to Confederation
1964
Harper, J.R.
64 pages
The Battle of New Orleans: A British View
1961
Forrest, Charles R.
51 pages
A Picturesque Tour Along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna in India
1824
Forrest, Lt. Colonel
215 pages (color)
The Royal Military Calendar, Or Army Service and Commission Book, Volume 5