Windsor Castle by Moonlight

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Abraham Pether, a cousin of the painter William Pether, was born at Chichester and as a child showed a talent for music. However, he later became a pupil of the painter George Smith. His works mainly depict river and mountain scenery, often with classical buildings, although it was his popular moonlit views that inspired the nickname ‘Moonlight Pether’. He exhibited frequently at the Royal Academy and Free Society of Artists. Despite some success Pether was never able to do more than provide for the basic needs of his wife and children. Towards the end of his life he was incapacitated by disease. The Artist’s Benevolent Fund faced severe criticism for not supporting his family after the artist’s death, despite their acute poverty.

Places

England, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, River Thames

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, landscape C19th, genre, night, donkey, moon, river, man, fence, bridge (urban), house, castle

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Abraham Pether (1756 - 1812)

Title

Windsor Castle by Moonlight

Date

1809

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 51.00 cm, width: 76.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the Parker Gallery, June 1964

Inscription

bl: AbRHAM PATher 1809 [sic]

GAC number

6500