Henry Pether (1800-1880)
Henry Pether (1800-1880)

Greenwich Reach - moonlight

細節
Henry Pether (1800-1880)
Greenwich Reach - moonlight
signed 'Henry Pether' (lower left)
oil on canvas
24 x 36 in. (61 x 92.8 cm.)
來源
with The Parker Gallery, London, 1963.
展覽
London, Royal Academy, 1854, no. 1364 (titled as above).

拍品專文

The view is taken from Greenwich Reach with the Greenwich Hospital viewed from the East Greenwich strand. Other recognisable buildings include Enderby House, with the Telegraph Works behind it, on the left.
Henry Pether was the son of the painter Abraham Pether (1756-1812) and brother of Sebastian Pether (1790-1844). Henry, was a painter of landscapes, especially by moonlight, and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1828 to 1862.