Purchase options for this image
Robert Bennet Ford (1804–1889) was born in Jamaica Plain, near Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Ralph Bennet Forbes and wife Margaret Perkins, of the Perkins family, and brother of John Murray Forbes. As a member of the Forbes family of Boston, much of his wealth was derived from the opium and China Trade and he played a prominent role in the outbreak of the Opium War.<br/><br/> On October 19, 1817, then aged thirteen years, he shipped before the mast in the Canton Packet and made his first voyage to China. About 1832 he made his last voyage to China and in 1840 became head of Russell & Company, the largest American commercial house in China. He was at one time American vice consul at Canton (now Guangzhou).<br/><br/> Captain Forbes owned or was involved in the construction of approximately seventy vessels. His first ship was the Lintin, a 390-ton bark built by Sprague and James in Medford, Mass., in 1830.

Purchase options

Listed below are the purchase options for this image. To make a purchase and add items to your cart, you must be signed in as a registered user of this site.

Product options for this image

CONTACT US DIRECTLY FOR DETAILS OF RIGHTS AND PRICING – $0.00

 
Please contact us directly with the CPA reference code of image(s) required (eg CPA0024001) and supply the following details:
 
1. Category = Advertising / Corporate / Documentary / Marketing / Publishing / Retail
2. Territory = World All Languages [unless otherwise specified]
3. Placement = Cover / Inside [for books]
4. Size = Quarter, half, full, double page
5. Digital = Include digital rights or not?
6. Duration = Single Edition / In Perpetuity
7. Print Run = Number of volumes to be printed
 
All images are available as watermarked high resolution Tiffs or Jpegs on request.
We will respond with pricing details within 24 hours and once payment has been made - by PayPal or Direct Electronic Transfer - we will send the unwatermarked high resolution image(s) immediately.
 
Please contact us directly for any further information.

Configure product