Sujet
Birket Foster, member of the Watercolour Society, 1880.Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Légende
Birket Foster, member of the Watercolour Society, 1880. At the age of sixteen he became an apprentice for Mr Landells who was a well known wood engraver. After his apprenticeship he turned to illustration, and in the 1840s he illustrated several children's books, and was an illustrator for the Illustrated London News. In 1860 he became a member of the Watercolour Society. He also exhibited several oil paintings at the Royal Academy between 1869-1877. In 1876 he was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Berlin. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (Conducted by G. C. Whitfield.) (London, 1876-1883).
The Print Collector collection
Date
1880
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C18_263
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (1,3Mo) / 31,8cm x 39,4cm / 3754 x 4656 (300dpi)