FORBES, John Colin, Canadian artist, born in Canada, 23 January 1846. He was entirely self-taught in art, until the production of his first work, a portrait of his father, after which he spent two years in study at the Royal academy in London and elsewhere in Europe. After his return to Canada he painted "The Foundering of the Hibernia," which was exhibited at the Centennial exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876; "The Cation in the Royal Gorge"; "Tile Mount of the Holy Cross "; "Nount Stephen "; "The Glacier of the Selkirk"; " Beware"; " Sweet Sixteen" ; and .... The Lily." He has also painted portraits of Lord Dufferin, Sir John A. Macdonald, Alexander McKenzie, Edward Blake, Sir Hector Langevin, Sir Charles Tupper, Sir David L. McPherson, and Lady Helen Blackwood, daughter of Lord Dufferin. He is a member of the Royal Canadian academy of arts, and resides at Toronto.