Fonds
Foster family papers
Catalogue reference: DD/1047
What’s it about?
This record is about the Foster family papers dating from 1856-1980.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Nottinghamshire Archives.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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DD/1047
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Title (The name of the record)
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Foster family papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1856-1980
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Description (What the record is about)
- Description available at other catalogue level
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Nottinghamshire Archives
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <famname>Foster family of Nottinghamshire</famname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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74 Items
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Records are open for consultation unless otherwise indicated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Acc. 2434
Items deposited in the Leicestershire Record Office by Mr. J.W. Foster of Mitcham, Surrey, and transferred to the Nottinghamshire Record Office, 19 September 1981
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Foster, Herbert Wilson (1848-1929). English porcelain decorator. At Minton factory from 1872, specialized in portraits of contemporary personalities, including royal family. Also painted animals and birds. Exhibited paintings at Royal Academy and in Europe. Teacher at Nottingham School of Art from 1893. Work normally signed.
(The Collectors' Encylopedia: Victoriana to Art Deco. Collins. 1974)
The artist married Rebecca Fisher of Scarrington House at Scarrington in 1894. Both husband and wife exhibited at Nottingham Castle Local Artists'
Exhibitions between 1894-1917.
The paper copy of the catalogue includes an obituary from the Nottingham Evening Post of 16.2.1929, with photograph
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/b8d03363-8242-4a48-8281-8fbc38dbefe3/
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Foster family papers