Foster, Myles Birket, 1825-1899

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Myles Birket Foster was a popular Victorian-era illustrator and watercolor painter, noted for his technical proficiency and rustic scenes. First apprenticed to a wood engraver, he later worked as an illustrator for books and periodicals before successfully publishing books of his own illustrations. He was perhaps best known for his watercolor paintings, employing a singular stippled technique to great effect.

From the description of Myles Birket Foster letters, announcement, and booklet, 1879-1964. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 152038608

From the description of Myles Birket Foster letters, announcement, and booklet, 1855-1964. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 56550666
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creatorOf Foster, Birket, 1825-1899. Autograph letter signed : Witley, Surrey, to William Vokins, 1877 June 9. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Miscellaneous drawings for book illustration, [before 1744]-1930s. Houghton Library
creatorOf Foster, Birket, 1825-1899. Autograph letters signed (5) : Witley, Surrey, G.D. Tomlinson, 1863 Nov. 11-1878 Aug. 17. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Foster, Birket, 1825-1899. Autograph letters signed (2) : St. John's Wood, to Joseph, 1854 Jan. 9 and 1855 May 11. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Foster, Birket, 1825-1899. Autograph letter signed : Witley, Surrey, to E. Lambart, 1865 Nov. 13. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow letters, poems, and photos, 1836-1881. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Foster, Myles Birket, 1825-1899. Autograph letter signed : Witley, to Joseph Crawhall, 1878 Aug. 6. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Foster, Birket, 1825-1899. Autograph letters signed (2) : Witley, Surrey, to "My dear Jerry", 1875 Jan. 4. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Foster, Birket, 1825-1899. Autograph letter signed : Witley, Surrey, to William Callow, 1876 Apr. 3. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Hunt, Alfred, 1830-1896. Letters, ca. 1887-1896. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Foster, Myles Birket, 1825-1899. Letters and drawings, 1859-1893, n.d. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Autograph File, F, 1447-1994. Houghton Library
creatorOf Foster, Birket, 1825-1899. Autograph letter signed : Witley, Surrey, to F.A. Skidmore, [n.d.], "Thursday." Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Howitt, Mary Botham, 1799-1888. Mary Howitt letters and poems, 1832-1887. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Sir James Paget correspondence, 1784-1932, 1784-1932 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Foster, Myles Birket, 1825-1899. Prints for use in a coloring competition, 1889. Yale Center for British Art
referencedIn Dalziel, John Sanderson, 1838-1937. Letters, 1931, Denver, Colo., to Philip D. Sherman. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Foster, Birket, 1825-1899. Autograph letters signed (39) : various places, from various recipients to Birket Foster ; some to other concerning Birket Foster, 1847-1871. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Roscoe, Henry E. (Henry Enfield), 1833-1915. Letters. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
creatorOf Foster, Myles Birket, 1825-1899. Myles Birket Foster : vertical file. Toledo Museum of Art
creatorOf Foster, Birket, 1825-1899. Autograph letter signed : Witley, Surrey, to A. Tooth, 1871 Mar. 30. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Myles Birket Foster: Letters to Robert Dudley, 1873-1898 Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
creatorOf Foster, Birket, 1825-1899. Autograph letter signed : Witley, Surrey, to E. Pilgermann, 1864 Dec. 15. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859. Correspondence, ca. 1829-1858. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Foster, Myles Birket, 1825-1899. Myles Birket Foster letters, announcement, and booklet, 1855-1964. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Foster, Birket, 1825-1899. Autograph letters signed (5) : Witley, Surrey and Springfield Villas, to Robert Spencer, 1872 Jan. 29-1874 Jan. 23. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Foster, Birket, 1825-1899. Autograph signature : [n.p., n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours (Great Britain). Letters received by Samuel John Hodson, Secretary, ca. 1884-1899. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Foster, Myles Birket, 1825-1899. Myles Birket Foster letters, announcement, and booklet, 1879-1964. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Foster, Birket, 1825-1899. Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, 1858 June 28. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Sir, 1833-1898. Autograph letters signed (ca. 28) : to various recipients, 1864-1897. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Foster, Birket, 1825-1899. Autograph letter signed : Witley, Surrey, to H.J. Carr, 1879 Feb. 14. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986,. Literary and historical letters and documents, [ca. 1661]-1976. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Crawhall, Joseph, 1821-1896. Joseph Crawhall album : London, assembled 1890. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Foster, Myles Birket, 1825-1899,. Autograph letter signed from Myles Birket Foster to E.F. Flower [manuscript], 1862 June 1. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Millais, John Everett, Sir, 1829-1896. Autograph letter signed : Bowerswell, Perth, to Birket Foster, 1860 Dec. 31. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Foster, Birket, 1825-1899. Autograph letter signed : Witley, Surrey, to John H. Scott, 1876 Jan. 29. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Foster, Birket, 1825-1899. Autograph letter signed : Witley, Surrey, to Giles Redmayne, 1875 Aug. 4. Pierpont Morgan Library.
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correspondedWith Flower, Edward Fordham, 1805-1883 person
associatedWith Greenaway, John, 1816-1890. person
associatedWith Howitt, Mary Botham, 1799-1888. person
associatedWith Hunt, Alfred, 1830-1896. person
associatedWith Lambert, E., person
associatedWith Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859. person
associatedWith Lohf, Kenneth A., person
associatedWith Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. person
associatedWith Millais, John Everett, Sir, 1829-1896. person
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associatedWith Paget, James, Sir, 1814-1899 person
associatedWith Pilgermann, E., person
associatedWith Pocock, Crawford J., person
associatedWith Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915- person
associatedWith Redmayne, Giles, person
associatedWith Roscoe, Henry E. (Henry Enfield), 1833-1915. person
associatedWith Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours (Great Britain) corporateBody
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associatedWith Tooth, A., person
associatedWith Vokins, William, person
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Death 1899-03-27

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