Lewis Swift discovered IC 1876 = Sw. XI-51 on 16 Sep 1896 and logged it as "eeF; vS; R; F * near sf." His position is 2' SE of ESO 417-13 and the description matches.
600/800mm - 24" (12/6/18): at 124x and 375x; almost fairly faint, slightly elongated, 30"x25". A mag 13 star is 1.7' SE.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb