Birket Foster
Birket Foster
A selection of tinted engravings after illustrations by Birket Foster, from CHRISTMAS WITH THE POETS, Bogue, 1852, 24 colour slides. Birket Foster (1825-1899). Born in North Shields. Best known for his water colour paintings of rural scenes. His work appears in many illustrated books of the mid-Victorian periods (often referred to as ‘Sixties books’). The illustrations in the slide-set were designed and drawn on wood by Foster, and engraved by Henry Vizetelly.
Christmas preparations
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Boar hunt
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Bringing in the Boar's Head
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Hunting Scene
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Harvest Home in the Olden Time
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Relieving the Poor
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Milkmaids returning home
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Interior of country church
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The Wassant Bowl
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Hawking Party
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The Old Courtier
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Mumming Scene
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Forester with Holly Bough
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Old English Manor House: The Wassail
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Fathering horses
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Making presents to the Justice
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Christmas Hospitality
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Garden Terrace: Carol Singers
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Charity
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Christmas Wassailers
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Country Dance
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Rydal Mount, Westmorland: Christmas Minstrels
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Milkmaid and sheperd
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Ringing Church Bells
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