Myles Birket Foster

(British, 1825–1899)

Myles Birket Foster was an English genre artist, best known for his Victorian-era illustrations of rural scenes and children. Born on February 4, 1825 in North Shields, England, Foster was celebrated as one of the most popular watercolor artist of the era. His idealized, sepia-toned countryside prints and paintings were popularized and reproduced on the cover of books, magazines, and chocolate boxes. Developing a love for the arts through apprenticing under the engraver Ebenezer Landells, Foster quickly moved from commercial printing to the fine arts. An autodidactic watercolor painter, he traveled throughout Europe to immerse himself in varied environments, finally settling in Witley, England where he produced the works which brought him widespread recognition. Before his death on March 27, 1899 in Weybridge, England, Foster exhibited over 400 paintings at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

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'Whitby Abbey' and 'Gainsborough Priory...

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'Whitby Abbey' and 'Gainsborough Priory...

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Cottage near Ardessie, Highlands

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Cottage near Ardessie, Highlands

Sale Date: March 5, 2015

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A Mercer’s Shop in the Dolomites, Italy

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A Mercer’s Shop in the Dolomites, Italy

Sale Date: January 28, 2015

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Land's End Cornwall, 1870

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Land's End Cornwall, 1870

Sale Date: January 26, 2015

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Spring on a Surrey common

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Spring on a Surrey common

Sale Date: January 16, 2015

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Watching the hunt

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Watching the hunt

Sale Date: January 21, 2015

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On the Thames

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On the Thames

Sale Date: January 21, 2015

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Vue de Preston dans le Sussex

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Vue de Preston dans le Sussex

Sale Date: December 3, 2014

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Cliveden from Maidenhead Bridge, Berkshire

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Cliveden from Maidenhead Bridge, Berkshire

Sale Date: December 10, 2014

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Evening on the Thames

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Evening on the Thames

Sale Date: December 3, 2014

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Returning from work (+ Crossing the brook; 2...

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Returning from work (+ Crossing the brook; 2...

Sale Date: December 10, 2014

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By the mill wheel

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By the mill wheel

Sale Date: December 10, 2014

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A view from the cliffs on the River Adur, near...

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A view from the cliffs on the River Adur, near...

Sale Date: December 10, 2014

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Low tide - Children playing on the foreshore

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Low tide - Children playing on the foreshore

Sale Date: December 10, 2014

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A vegetable seller beside the Arno, the Palazzo...

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A vegetable seller beside the Arno, the Palazzo...

Sale Date: December 10, 2014

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In the garden at the Alhambra

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In the garden at the Alhambra

Sale Date: November 25, 2014

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Mädchen beim Füttern von Kaninchen

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Mädchen beim Füttern von Kaninchen

Sale Date: November 7, 2014

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Bachlandschaft mit jungen Frauen und Kind

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Bachlandschaft mit jungen Frauen und Kind

Sale Date: November 7, 2014

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Evening on the Thames

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Evening on the Thames

Sale Date: September 9, 2014

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By the mill wheel

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By the mill wheel

Sale Date: July 16, 2014

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Low tide - Children playing on the foreshore

Myles Birket Foster

Low tide - Children playing on the foreshore

Sale Date: July 16, 2014

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Returning from work; Crossing the brook (2 works)

Myles Birket Foster

Returning from work; Crossing the brook (2 works)

Sale Date: July 16, 2014

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Children in a Cottage, Newhaven

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Children in a Cottage, Newhaven

Sale Date: June 18, 2014

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The swing

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The swing

Sale Date: June 25, 2014

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