Myles Birket Foster, Self Portrait, 1883. Miles Birket Foster was raised in London and apprenticed to a wood engraver. During the 1840s he worked as an illustrator for periodicals such as 'Punch' and the 'Illustrated London News', but after a tour of the Rhineland in 1852-53 he taught himself to paint in watercolors and launched a hugely popular painting career.
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