Birket Foster: Sixteen Examples in Colour of the Artist's Work

Birket Foster: Sixteen Examples in Colour of the Artist's Work, Herbert Minton Cundall. - With 16 full colour plates included, first published in 1910. Birket Foster, as he is generally known, or Myles Birket Foster, to give him his full name, was born at North Shields on February 4, 1825. His ancestors held good social positions for many generations in the North Country, and were staunch members of the Society of Friends. One, Sarah Forster, as the family name was originally spelt, married a descendant of Margaret Fell of Swathmoor Hall, who, after the death of her first husband, Judge Fell, was united to George Fox, the founder of the Quakers.