Produced by Diane Monico and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) BRITISH ARTISTS BIRKET FOSTER, R.W.S. IN THE SAME SERIES GEORGE MORLAND JOHN PETTIE, R.A., H.R.S.A. KATE GREENAWAY A. AND C. BLACK . SOHO SQUARE . LONDON, W. AGENTS =AMERICA= THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 64 & 66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK =AUSTRALASIA= OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 205 FLINDERS LANE, MELBOURNE =CANADA= THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD. ST. MARTIN'S HOUSE, 70 BOND STREET, TORONTO =INDIA= MACMILLAN & COMPANY, LTD. MACMILLAN BUILDING, BOMBAY 309 BOW BAZAAR STREET, CALCUTTA [Illustration: Gleaners] BIRKET FOSTER R.W.S. SIXTEEN EXAMPLES IN COLOUR OF THE ARTIST'S WORK WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY H. M. CUNDALL, I.S.O., F.S.A. [Illustration] PUBLISHED BY A. & C. BLACK 4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON MCMX LIST OF PLATES OWNER OF ORIGINAL 1. Gleaners _Barnet Lewis, Esq._ 2. Going Home " 3. Loch Leven Castle " 4. Shrine at the Entrance of the Courtyard of the Ducal Palace, Venice _Sir Charles Seeley_ 5. Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice _Barnet Lewis, Esq._ 6. Birthplace of Burns, near Ayr " 7. Sunset with Cattle _Bethnal Green Museum_ 8. In Full Cry _Barnet Lewis, Esq._ 9. Children by the Sea _Jesse Haworth, Esq._ 10. By the Thames _Barnet Lewis, Esq._ 11. A Surrey Cottage " 12. The Donkey that would not go _Sharpley Bainbridge, Esq._ 13. Passing the Flock _Barnet Lewis, Esq._ 14. Near Godalming " 15. The Blackberry Gatherers " 16. The Happy Time of Life " BIRKET FOSTER The dainty water-colour paintings executed by Birket Foster probably appeal to the majority of the British public more than the work of any other artist.