Walmer Castle by Moonlight

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About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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About the artist
Henry Pether was from a family of painters, who specialised in moonlit scenes; the most famous being his father, Abraham. He exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy (1828-62), Society of British Artists (1833/4, 1855) and British Institution (1865). He lived at addresses in Southampton, Greenwich, Camden Town and south London, probably moving to escape creditors. In 1837, when an inmate of a debtor’s prison, he was described as ‘Surveyor, Artist, Engineer, and Architect’. He applied for patents relating to mosaic tiles, a lamp globe and other architectural materials (1839-76). The tiles were exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851. At that time he lived in Kennington with his wife, Sarah, and children Fanny (14), Harry (10) and Kate (9).
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Explore
- Places
- England, Walmer Castle, Deal, Kent, English Channel
- Subjects
- topography, seascape/coastal scene, shore, beach, wave, man, woman, child, path, gate, bollard, fortification, castle, ramp, wall, ship
- Materials & Techniques
- canvas, oil, oil painting
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Details
- Artist
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Henry Pether
- Title
- Walmer Castle by Moonlight
- Date
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- height: 60.00 cm, width: 91.00 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Piccadilly Gallery, February 1959
- Inscription
- Christie's stencil on stretcher
- Provenance
- Purchased from Piccadilly Gallery 1959
- GAC number
- 4885