Boat, Figures and Sea
Foster’s illustrative watercolour style brought him great success with a Victorian middle class public seeking rustic charm and nostalgia for the simple way of life. The harsh realities of rural or coastal occupations were not his concern.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 62/1924/98
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Collector Excavator
- Veitch, Sir Harry James (from the collection of)
- Medium
- watercolour on thin card
- Common Name
- Boat, Figures and Sea
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Inscription Transcription
- FB; ARTHUR TOOTH & SONS, 5 & 6, HAYMARKET, LONDON; Lent by P M Turner 1825 Myles Birket Foster 1899
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- Godalming
- Production County
- Surrey
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Person Initials
- Myles Birket
- Production Person Surname
- Foster
- Production Year Low
- 1863
- Production Year High
- 1893
