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Myles Birket Foster

1825–1899

The Smithy c.1890
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Biography

Myles Birket Foster (4 February 1825 – 27 March 1899) was a British illustrator, watercolourist and engraver in the Victorian period. His name is also to be found as Myles Birkett Foster.

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Lane Scene at Hambledon

Myles Birket Foster
?exhibited 1862

The Country Inn

Myles Birket Foster
published 1863
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Landscape

Myles Birket Foster
date not known
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Eel Bucks

Myles Birket Foster
c.1890

The Smithy

Myles Birket Foster
c.1890
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