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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Ramsgate Harbour

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Ramsgate Harbour

Sale Date: March 24, 2006

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Crossing an Alpine pass

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Crossing an Alpine pass

Sale Date: March 7, 2006

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Resting by a stile

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Resting by a stile

Sale Date: March 7, 2006

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Gathering blackberries

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Gathering blackberries

Sale Date: March 7, 2006

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A cottage at Balmacara, Skye in the distance

Myles Birket Foster

A cottage at Balmacara, Skye in the distance

Sale Date: March 7, 2006

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A beach scene

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A beach scene

Sale Date: March 9, 2006

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Farm at Kingskerwell, Devon

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Farm at Kingskerwell, Devon

Sale Date: January 28, 2006

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Horning Ferry, Norfolk

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Horning Ferry, Norfolk

Sale Date: January 28, 2006

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At the spring

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At the spring

Sale Date: November 17, 2005

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Dungeon Gill (+ A cascade, wc; 2 works), 1847

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Dungeon Gill (+ A cascade, wc; 2 works), 1847

Sale Date: December 14, 2005

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Resting the oxen by a Swiss lake

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Resting the oxen by a Swiss lake

Sale Date: December 14, 2005

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A cottage scene

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A cottage scene

Sale Date: December 11, 2005

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Tocador de la Reina, the Alhambra, Grenada, Spain

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Tocador de la Reina, the Alhambra, Grenada, Spain

Sale Date: December 8, 2005

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A cottage at Balmacara, Skye in the distance

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A cottage at Balmacara, Skye in the distance

Sale Date: November 8, 2005

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Ben Venue and Ellen's Isle, Loch Katrine

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Ben Venue and Ellen's Isle, Loch Katrine

Sale Date: November 8, 2005

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Who's to be king of the castle?

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Who's to be king of the castle?

Sale Date: November 8, 2005

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Crossing the stream

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Crossing the stream

Sale Date: November 17, 2005

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Hammerstein (+ 9 others; 10 works)

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Hammerstein (+ 9 others; 10 works)

Sale Date: November 17, 2005

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Children paddling

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Children paddling

Sale Date: November 17, 2005

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Como, Italy

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Sale Date: November 17, 2005

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A street scene in Northern France

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A street scene in Northern France

Sale Date: November 17, 2005

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Vignette of the tower of St. Angelo with St....

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Vignette of the tower of St. Angelo with St....

Sale Date: November 17, 2005

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Harvesting by a riverbank

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Harvesting by a riverbank

Sale Date: October 5, 2005

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Village waits

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Village waits

Sale Date: October 5, 2005

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