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Myles Birket Foster - The shepherd’s watch

The shepherd’s watch

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
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The Artist died in 1899 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer.
Myles Birket Foster

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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Topographical View of a Town and Surrounding Country

Topographical View of a Town and Surrounding Country

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
The Primrose Gatherers

The Primrose Gatherers

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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)
Summer

Summer

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
The Old Vicarage

The Old Vicarage

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Feeding the Ducks

Feeding the Ducks

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

Large group of people outside (1853)

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Who’s To Be King Of The Castle

Who’s To Be King Of The Castle

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
The Jetty

The Jetty

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
At the ford

At the ford

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Study of a Horse’s Head and Two Donkeys

Study of a Horse’s Head and Two Donkeys

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

Sketch of a Country House

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

Fast Castle, Berwickshire, Scotland

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
Study of Fish, Venice

Study of Fish, Venice (1874)

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

Crossing the Ford

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825-1899)
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