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Attracted by the rural setting, Birket Foster orginally rented a cottage in Witley for a family holiday in 1860 and then bought about twenty acres of land nearby to build his own house, The Hill. This was furnished with furniture, tiles and stained glass supplied by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. \r\n\r\nBirket Foster specialised in landscapes and views of rural life, particularly those inspired by the unspoilt countryside around Witley. Although he is known mainly for his watercolours, he also painted in oil, the medium used for this inn sign. It was apparently re-painted by him and by Alfred W. Cooper, a family friend,  about 1875 and the Museum purchased it from the owner of the inn in 1938.","physicalDescription":"Pub sign in pine for 'The White Hart', painted in oil.\r\nThe board is constructed of four superimposed planks, each c. 24 cm wide (i.e. high, in this context).","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Foster, Myles Birket","id":"A2028"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"pine","id":"AAT12620"},{"text":"oil paint","id":"AAT15050"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painting (image-making)","id":"AAT54216"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"","categories":[{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"Drinking","id":"THES48965"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2007BP4020","2007BP4021","2017JU1957","2017JU1748"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"A","id":"THES304292"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Pub sign","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Witley","id":"x39716"},"association":{"text":"painted","id":"x30138"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1875","earliest":"1870-01-01","latest":"1879-12-31"},"association":{"text":"painted","id":"x30138"},"note":""},{"date":{"text":"ca. 1750","earliest":"1745-01-01","latest":"1754-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"95.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"wooden board","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"98","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"wooden board","note":""},{"dimension":"Thickness","value":"4.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"wooden board","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"169","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"to iron finial","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"208","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"approx., of iron bar","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Measured 19 October 2006","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"This sign hung outside the inn, the White Hart, in the village of Witley, near Godalming, Surrey. In a letter to Professor Tristram of 1938 (on the Nominal file) Capt. L.M. Glasson, grandson of Birket Foster, says that his mother remembers her father painting the sign when she was a girl. H.M. Cundall's book, Birket Foster, RWS (1906) page 185 also records him painting the sign. Birket Foster apparently painted the sign with Alfred W. Cooper, son of Alfred Cooper, RA.\r\n\r\nThe sign was purchased from Mrs. Edward Chandler, owner of the inn, whose husband's family apparently owned the manor of Witley for many years.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Pub sign for the 'White Hart' by Myles Birket Foster, Wiltley, ca. 1750.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"SIGN BOARD\r\nENGLISH; the board mid-18th century, the painting about 1875\r\n\r\nPinewood painted for the White Hart Inn, Witley, Surrey, by Mile Birkett Foster (1825-99) and Alfred Cooper.\r\n\r\nNB should be Myles Birket Foster  KH 3/1/2005","date":{"text":"pre January 2001","earliest":null,"latest":"2000-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["W.69:2-1938"],"accessionNumberNum":"69","accessionNumberPrefix":"W","accessionYear":1938,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-01-31","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-24","availableToBook":true}}