Myles Birket Foster,RWS

1825-1899 English painter, illustrator and collector. After a short and unsatisfactory period working in the family brewing business, he was able to convince his Quaker parents to allow him to pursue a career in art. He was apprenticed to a wood-engraver, Ebenezer Landells (1808-60), who recognized Foster's talent for drawing and set him to work designing blocks for engraving. Foster also provided designs for Punch and the Illustrated London News. In 1846 he set up on his own as an illustrator. The rustic vignettes of the seasons that he contributed to the Illustrated London News and its counterpart, the Illustrated London Almanack, established him as a charming interpreter of the English countryside and rural life and led to his employment illustrating similar themes in other publications. During the 1850s his designs were much in demand; he was called upon to illustrate volumes of the poetry of Longfellow, Sir Walter Scott and John Milton.
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Myles Birket Foster,RWS The Thames from Cliveden (mk46) oil


The Thames from Cliveden (mk46)
Painting ID::  26002 		The Thames from Cliveden (mk46)
Watercolour and bodycolour with scratching out 34.3x71.1cm
   
   
     
Myles Birket Foster,RWS Lane Scene at Hambleden (mk46)_ oil


Lane Scene at Hambleden (mk46)_
Painting ID::  26008 		Lane Scene at Hambleden (mk46)_
1862 Watercolour and bodycolour 42.5x63.5cm London,Tate Gallery
   
   
     
Myles Birket Foster,RWS The Milkmaid oil


The Milkmaid
Painting ID::  28205 		The Milkmaid
1860 watercolour 29.7 x 44.5 cm (11 3/4 x 17 1/4 in) Victoria and Albert Museum London (mk63)
   
   
     
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     Myles Birket Foster,RWS
     1825-1899 English painter, illustrator and collector. After a short and unsatisfactory period working in the family brewing business, he was able to convince his Quaker parents to allow him to pursue a career in art. He was apprenticed to a wood-engraver, Ebenezer Landells (1808-60), who recognized Foster's talent for drawing and set him to work designing blocks for engraving. Foster also provided designs for Punch and the Illustrated London News. In 1846 he set up on his own as an illustrator. The rustic vignettes of the seasons that he contributed to the Illustrated London News and its counterpart, the Illustrated London Almanack, established him as a charming interpreter of the English countryside and rural life and led to his employment illustrating similar themes in other publications. During the 1850s his designs were much in demand; he was called upon to illustrate volumes of the poetry of Longfellow, Sir Walter Scott and John Milton.

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