Gathering Snowdrops
Myles Birket Foster (North Shields 1825 – Weybridge 1899)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1859 - 1899
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
229 x 152 mm
Order this imageCollection
Nunnington Hall, North Yorkshire
NT 979751
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Gathering Snowdrops by Myles Birket Foster (North Shields 1825 – Weybridge 1899) Birket Foster was brought up in London as a Quaker. Apprenticed to Ebenezer Landells, wood engraver, pupil of Bewick with whom he remained until 1846, he became Associate of the Old Watercolour Society in 1859 and a full member in 1862.
Makers and roles
Myles Birket Foster (North Shields 1825 – Weybridge 1899), publisher