Follower of Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899) - Watercolour Little Mischief

Description

This illustrative watercolour has been painted in the delicate style of renowned genre artist, Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899). The scene carefully depicts a mother teasing a mischievous kitten from her cottage porch, with her young daughter sat alongside cradling a toy doll. The watercolour bears the artist's monogram to the lower left and has been well presented in a crisp white mount and gilt-effect frame. On paper.

Condition

The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some even discolouration to the watercolour and slight wear to the gilt-effect frame.

Size

20 x 15.5cm (7.9" x 6.1")
Framed Size: 39.5 x 32cm (15.6" x 12.6")

Artist Biography

Myles Birket Foster RWS (1825-1899) was a British illustrator, watercolourist and engraver in the Victorian period. Foster exhibited over 400 works at the Old Watercolour Society of which he was elected a member in 1862.