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Gathering Lilac

Myles Birket Foster, c. 1865

This work shows a traditionally built Surrey cottage with a woman working in the garden and three girls picking lilacs on the verge of a country lane. Geese feed on the common, with wooded hills rising behind. It is a vision of picturesque and contented country life. The artist's connection with Surrey began when he bought a country cottage in Witley, in the early 1860s. He quickly decided to make his home there and designed his new house, The Hill, himself. The scenes of country life around his home inspired Birket Foster's watercolours.

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Title of artwork, date

Gathering Lilac, c. 1865

Date supported

2004

Medium and material

Watercolour

Dimensions

23 x 33.2 cm

Grant

10200

Total cost

27000

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