Myles Birket Foster Collection

The Milkmaid, 1860, (c1915). Artist: Birket Foster
The Milkmaid, 1860, (c1915). Held by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

The Green Lane, 19th century, (1935). Artist: Birket Foster
The Green Lane, 19th century, (1935). From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the Collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume II. - D to H, by C. Reginald Grundy. [Bemrose and Sons Ltd

Oppenheim, c1872. Creator: E I Roberts
Oppenheim, c1872. View of the Katharinenkirche, a gothic church in the town of Oppenheim in Germany. The roof of the apse is missing

Teatime (pencil and watercolour heightened with white on card)
1765030 Teatime (pencil and watercolour heightened with white on card) by Foster, Myles Birket (1825-99); Private Collection; (add.info.: Teatime. Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899)

Fowl House Farm, Witley, with Children, a Shepherd and a Flock of Sheep Nearby, (pencil
659831 Fowl House Farm, Witley, with Children, a Shepherd and a Flock of Sheep Nearby, (pencil, watercolour and bodycolour) by Foster

The Doges Palace, Venice, from the Steps of San Giorgio Maggiore
652111 The Doges Palace, Venice, from the Steps of San Giorgio Maggiore, (pencil and watercolour heightened with white on card) by Foster

Birkett Foster's "Pictures of English Landscape": the Stepping-stones, 1862. Creator: Dalziel Brothers
Birkett Foster's "Pictures of English Landscape": the Stepping-stones, 1862. Among books recently published

Children in a Cart. Creator: Birket Foster
Children in a Cart

Illustration for Longfellow's "The Rainy Day", 1850s. Creator: Birket Foster
Illustration for Longfellow's "The Rainy Day", 1850s

An Evening Landscape with Tall Trees. Creator: Birket Foster
An Evening Landscape with Tall Trees

An Evening Landscape with a Hay Wagon. Creator: Birket Foster
An Evening Landscape with a Hay Wagon

An Evening Landscape with a Distant Cathedral. Creator: Birket Foster
An Evening Landscape with a Distant Cathedral

Title Page for "Ellen Seymour". Creator: Birket Foster. Title Page for "Ellen Seymour"
Title Page for "Ellen Seymour"

The Mistletoe Seller, drawn by Foster, 1854. Creator: Edmund Evans
The Mistletoe Seller, drawn by Foster, 1854. Illustration to a story by Angus B. Reach. There he goes, on the foggy December night, over the crunkling snow, the old Mistletoe-seller

Buxton - The Crescent, New Baths, etc, 1854. Creator: Edmund Evans
Buxton - The Crescent, New Baths, etc, 1854. Derbyshire spa town:..one of the most celebrated watering-places in England for the cure of gout

Young Girl in an Orchard with a Basket of Fruit, c.1850. Creator: Birket Foster
Young Girl in an Orchard with a Basket of Fruit, c.1850

Watering-Places of England - Folkestone, Kent, 1850. Creator: Edmund Evans
Watering-Places of England - Folkestone, Kent, 1850. Whoever turns to the Second Volume of our Journal, may there see how Folkestone started in the year 1842 from a little town of narrow streets

Watering-Places of Devon - Exmouth, from Starcross, 1850. Creators: Birket Foster, Edmund Evans
Watering-Places of Devon - Exmouth, from Starcross, 1850. Exmouth...is the oldest watering- place in the country, and was one of the principal ports of Devonshire in the reign of King John...An

Watering-Places of Devon - Sidmouth, 1850. Creators: Birket Foster, Edmund Evans
Watering-Places of Devon - Sidmouth, 1850. Sidmouth...lies picturesquely sheltered. The beach is nearly in the centre of one of those hollows or curves which are abundant within the vast bay of Devon

Ramsgate Harbour, 1850. Creator: Edmund Evans
Ramsgate Harbour, [Kent], 1850. Early in the present century, a stone lighthouse was erected on the west pier...The harbour includes an area of forty-eight acres

Doncaster Races - the Road to the Course, 1850. Creator: Edmund Evans
Doncaster Races - the Road to the Course, 1850. Horse racing in Yorkshire. The Meeting attracted an immense and very respectable assemblage

All A-Blowing! All A-Growing!, 1850. Creator: Edmund Evans
All A-Blowing! All A-Growing!, 1850. Illustration to "Spring-Time in London", a story by Thomas Miller. "All a-blowing! all a-growing

Watering-Places of England - Dover: the Town and Heights, 1850. Creators: Birket Foster, Edmund Evans
Watering-Places of England - Dover: the Town and Heights, 1850. Owing to the clearness of the water, and the gradual declivity of the shore

Watering-Places of England - Clifton, from Leigh Wood, 1850. Creators: Birket Foster, Edmund Evans
Watering-Places of England - Clifton, from Leigh Wood, 1850. Clifton, near Bristol, differs from the other watering-places in being far distant from the sea

The First Shipment of Coals in the New Sunderland Docks, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The First Shipment of Coals in the New Sunderland Docks, [Tyne & Wear], 1850. The entrance to the dock itself is 60 feet wide; the depth of water at the quays will be 20 feet

Gibraltar
3782446 Gibraltar; (add.info.: Gibraltar, after an original drawing by Myles Birket Foster. English illustrator, 4 February, 1825 - 27 March, 1899. Taken from Cassell's History of England vol)

The Sierra Nevada from the Alhambra, (pencil and watercolour heightened with white)
651955 The Sierra Nevada from the Alhambra, (pencil and watercolour heightened with white) by Foster, Myles Birket (1825-99); 25.4x38.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

By the Duck Pond, (pencil, watercolour and bodycolour)
651867 By the Duck Pond, (pencil, watercolour and bodycolour) by Foster, Myles Birket (1825-99); 23.5x34.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: By the Duck Pond. Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899)

May Day Garlands, (pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour)
828482 May Day Garlands, (pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour) by Foster, Myles Birket (1825-99); 34.6x71.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: May Day Garlands)

Christmas festivities. English artist Myles Birket Foster and friends in 16th Century costume (b / w photo)
3621760 Christmas festivities. English artist Myles Birket Foster and friends in 16th Century costume (b/w photo) by English Photographer

The Hill, Witley, Surrey, 1898 (b / w photo)
3621764 The Hill, Witley, Surrey, 1898 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Hill, Witley, Surrey, 1898)

The Late Mr Birket Foster, RWS (b / w photo)
1051668 The Late Mr Birket Foster, RWS (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Late Mr Birket Foster, RWS)

Returning Home, (pencil and watercolour heightened with white)
824047 Returning Home, (pencil and watercolour heightened with white) by Foster, Myles Birket (1825-99); 26.3x19.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Returning Home. Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899)

The Church of San Simone and San Guida (San Simeone Piccolo), Venice: Arrival of a Train
652110 The Church of San Simone and San Guida (San Simeone Piccolo), Venice: Arrival of a Train, (pencil and watercolour heightened with white) by Foster

Figures Collecting Faggots by a Road, (pencil, watercolour and bodycolour)
651993 Figures Collecting Faggots by a Road, (pencil, watercolour and bodycolour) by Foster, Myles Birket (1825-99); 19.6x29.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Children Reading Beside a Country Lane, (pencil and watercolour heightened with white)
652095 Children Reading Beside a Country Lane, (pencil and watercolour heightened with white) by Foster, Myles Birket (1825-99); 13.6x20.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Myles Birket Foster, English artist (b / w photo)
3621762 Myles Birket Foster, English artist (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899), English artist

A View on Holmwood Common, Surrey, (pencil, watercolour and bodycolour)
659832 A View on Holmwood Common, Surrey, (pencil, watercolour and bodycolour) by Foster, Myles Birket (1825-99); 38.2x76.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A View on Holmwood Common, Surrey)

Myles Birket Foster, English artist (b / w photo)
3621758 Myles Birket Foster, English artist (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899), English artist

Tigbourne Cottage, Witley, Surrey, 1862 (b / w photo)
3621765 Tigbourne Cottage, Witley, Surrey, 1862 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tigbourne Cottage, Witley, Surrey, 1862)

Distant view of The Hill, Witley, Surrey, when first built (b / w photo)
3621763 Distant view of The Hill, Witley, Surrey, when first built (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Distant view of The Hill, Witley, Surrey)

At Gervaise, Falaise: Market Day, (pencil and watercolour)
652104 At Gervaise, Falaise: Market Day, (pencil and watercolour) by Foster, Myles Birket (1825-99); 40.9x60.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: At Gervaise, Falaise: Market Day)

The Young Angler, (pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour)
659864 The Young Angler, (pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour) by Foster, Myles Birket (1825-99); 21.5x28 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Young Angler)

The Reapers, (watercolour heightened with white)
652093 The Reapers, (watercolour heightened with white) by Foster, Myles Birket (1825-99); 76.8x66.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Reapers. Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899)

Children by a Thatched Cottage at Chiddingfold, (pencil, watercolour and bodycolour)
652023 Children by a Thatched Cottage at Chiddingfold, (pencil, watercolour and bodycolour) by Foster, Myles Birket (1825-99); 15.2x22.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A Ferry at Sunset, (watercolour with touches of white heightening)
652022 A Ferry at Sunset, (watercolour with touches of white heightening) by Foster, Myles Birket (1825-99); 18.7x25.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Ferry at Sunset)

Runswick Bay, Yorkshire, (pencil and watercolour heightened with white)
652015 Runswick Bay, Yorkshire, (pencil and watercolour heightened with white) by Foster, Myles Birket (1825-99); 26x36.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Runswick Bay, Yorkshire)

The late Birket Foster, Two Characteristic Works (litho)
1598712 The late Birket Foster, Two Characteristic Works (litho) by Foster, Myles Birket (1825-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The late Birket Foster, Two Characteristic Works)

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Myles Birket Foster, a renowned English artist of the 19th century, captured the essence of life in his exquisite artworks. With delicate strokes and vibrant colors, he transported viewers to serene teatime scenes where pencil and watercolor merged seamlessly on card. In Fowl House Farm, Witley, children frolic alongside a shepherd while sheep graze nearby; an idyllic countryside brought to life through Foster's skilled hand. Venturing beyond England's borders, Foster took us on a journey to Venice's enchanting Doges Palace. Standing on the steps of San Giorgio Maggiore, we gaze upon this architectural marvel as if transported back in time. Oppenheim reveals itself through E I Roberts' lens capturing c1872 with remarkable precision. Foster's talent extended beyond landscapes; The Milkmaid showcases his ability to breathe life into everyday moments. Painted in 1860 but still captivating audiences in c1915, it depicts a humble milkmaid going about her daily routine amidst rustic charm. The Green Lane beckons us towards nature's embrace with its winding path leading us deeper into lush foliage and dappled sunlight. Gibraltar stands tall against azure skies while The Sierra Nevada captivates our senses from the Alhambra palace grounds. By the Duck Pond invites us to pause and observe as pencil meets watercolor and body color harmoniously blend together creating a tranquil scene filled with serenity and reflection. May Day Garlands burst forth with vibrant hues heightened by body color celebrating springtime festivities. Even Christmas was not exempt from Foster's artistic touch as he immortalized himself and friends donning 16th-century costumes during joyous celebrations. A black-and-white photograph captures their merriment for future generations to admire. Lastly, The Hill transports us back to Surrey in 1898 through an evocative black-and-white photo that encapsulates both beauty and nostalgia within its frame.