The Watering Place
Myles Birket Foster (North Shields 1825 - Weybridge 1899)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1859 - 1899
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
140 x 100 mm
Order this imageCollection
Nunnington Hall, North Yorkshire
NT 979765
Summary
Watercolour on paper, The Watering Place by Myles Birket Foster (North Shields 1825 – Weybridge 1899). Birket Foster was born in North Shields, brought up in London as a Quaker. Apprenticed to Peter Landells, wood engraver, pupil of Bewick. Became Associate of the Old Watercolour Society in 1860 and a full member in 1862.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Kathleen Elizabeth Mary Cooper Abbs (1901 - 1974) of Mount Grace Priory, Northallerton
Makers and roles
Myles Birket Foster (North Shields 1825 - Weybridge 1899), publisher