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Myles Birket Foster
Myles Birket Foster

Myles Birket Foster

English, 1825-1899
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Myles Birket Foster was a British illustrator, watercolourist and engraver in the Victorian period. His name is also to be found as Myles Birkett Foster.
Foster was born in North Shields, England of a primarily Quaker family, but his family moved south to London in 1830, where his father founded M. B. Foster & sons — a successful beer-bottling company. He was schooled at Hitchin, Hertfordshire and on leaving initially went into his father's business. However, noticing his talent for art, his father secured an apprenticeship with the wood-engraver, Ebenezer Landells, where he worked on illustrations for Punch magazine and the Illustrated London News.

Birket Foster travelled widely, painting the countryside around Scotland, the Rhine Valley, the Swiss lakes and in Italy, especially Venice.

Although he had painted great numbers of landscape scenes from Scotland to the Mediterranean, it was after moving to Witley that Birket Foster produced the works for which he is best known—a sentimentalised view of the contemporary English countryside, particularly in the west Surrey area. Although criticised for their idealised view of rural life, they were recognised for their detail and execution. Birket Foster's work (along with that of other artists) was used by Cadburys, the chocolate manufacturer, on the cover of their chocolate boxes from the 1860s onwards.

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Loch Awe At Sunset

Loch Awe At Sunset (1899)

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Landscape
Landscape with Figures

Landscape with Figures (c.1860s)

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Landscape
A balcony on the grand canal, Venice

A balcony on the grand canal, Venice

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Figurative
Edinburgh From Calton Hill

Edinburgh From Calton Hill

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Landscape
On The Shore, Bonchurch

On The Shore, Bonchurch

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Landscape
Fast Castle, Berwickshire, Scotland

Fast Castle, Berwickshire, Scotland

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Landscape
The shepherd’s watch

The shepherd’s watch

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Landscape
The Road To Market

The Road To Market

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Landscape
Crossing the Ford

Crossing the Ford

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Figurative
Studies of Spider Crabs, Venice

Studies of Spider Crabs, Venice (1874)

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Animals
Topographical View of a Town and Surrounding Country

Topographical View of a Town and Surrounding Country

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Drawings
Twelfth night [six characters]

Twelfth night [six characters]

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Drawings
Large group of people outside

Large group of people outside (1853)

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Drawings
People in rowboat and waterlilies

People in rowboat and waterlilies

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Drawings
Sketch of a Seaside Town with Promenade

Sketch of a Seaside Town with Promenade

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
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Illustration for Longfellow’s ‘The Rainy Day’

Illustration for Longfellow’s ‘The Rainy Day’ (1850s)

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Drawings
Card Players

Card Players

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Drawings
An Old English Mill

An Old English Mill

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Drawings
Lago Maggior, Italy

Lago Maggior, Italy

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
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One of a Group of Three Studies of Gondolas…

One of a Group of Three Studies of Gondolas…

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
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One of a Group of Three Studies of Gondolas..

One of a Group of Three Studies of Gondolas..

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Drawings
One of a Group of Three Studies of Gondolas

One of a Group of Three Studies of Gondolas

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
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One of a Group of Three Studies on the Venetian Logoon..

One of a Group of Three Studies on the Venetian Logoon..

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Drawings
One of a Group of Three Studies on the Venetian Logoon.

One of a Group of Three Studies on the Venetian Logoon.

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Drawings
One of a Group of Three Studies on the Venetian Logoon

One of a Group of Three Studies on the Venetian Logoon

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Drawings
Rain, Steam and Speed

Rain, Steam and Speed

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Drawings
Sketch of a Country House

Sketch of a Country House

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Drawings
Topographical View of a Town and Surrounding Country.

Topographical View of a Town and Surrounding Country.

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
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Sketch of a Soldier in a Plumed Hat with Notes on Coloring

Sketch of a Soldier in a Plumed Hat with Notes on Coloring

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Drawings
Sketch of the Town of Lytham, Market House

Sketch of the Town of Lytham, Market House

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Drawings
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