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Autograph Letter Signed ‘Birket Foster’, to G.H.Haydon, thanking him for “the very finest dish of Trout I ever beheld”, saying that he really wishes to see a Grayling, and “if it falls in your way add to the many obligations I am under to you & send me just one to paint”. 3 pp. 6 x 4 inches, in good condition, remains of guard where formerly mounted. The Hill, Witley, 17 July 1882. Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899), artist and illustrator. Birket Foster was the most celebrated Victorian watercolour painter of rustic scenes. He painted in a stippled technique with great technical skill.