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Ad Code: 3
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from Auction House Records.
A wooded river landscape, with a faggot gatherer on a bridge, cattle and sheep
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Abraham Pether (1756 – 13 April 1812) was an English landscape painter, recognized for his skill in depicting moonlit scenes. He was also a talented musician, inventor, mathematician and philosopher.
Abraham was born in Chichester in Sussex, and was a cousin of notable engraver William Pether. In childhood he showed a great talent for music, and at the age of nine played the organ in one of the Chichester churches. Adopting art as his profession, he became a pupil of George Smith, whom he (showing 500 of 3177 characters). |
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