(Myles) Birket Foster (1825-1899), Watercolour painter and illustrator
Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Sitter in 14 portraits
Birket Foster was an artist whose landscapes are typical of the Victorian age. He was one of the most successful British watercolourists of his generation. Initially an apprentice wood engraver, he soon transferred his skills to landscape draughtsmanship and worked for many important periodicals, including Punch and the Illustrated London News. His illustrations appeared in many novels and poetry books of the period, and he became the most sought after poetry illustrator of the day. Foster was elected as a member of the Royal Watercolour Society in 1862 and went on to show around 400 of his works at the Society's exhibitions. 1862 was also the year that saw publication of Foster's Pictures of English Landscape.
by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, circa 1863-4
NPG P99
by (William) Walker Hodgson
pencil and wash, 1891
NPG 4041(1)
by McLean & Haes
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax14967
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, mid-late 1860s
NPG Ax17246
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, mid-late 1860s
NPG Ax28974
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, mid-late 1860s
NPG x128684
by McLean & Haes
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax7571
by Cundall, Downes & Co, or by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864 or before
NPG x46563
by Cundall, Downes & Co, or by John Watkins
albumen print on card mount, published 1864
NPG Ax131871
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1870s
NPG Ax18322
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1880
NPG Ax17611
by Lock & Whitfield
woodburytype, 1880 or before
NPG x134522
by Elliott & Fry
albumen print on card mount, mid-late 1860s
NPG Ax131870
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1880
NPG x134541
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