A Moonlit River Scene with a Ruined Abbey, Waterfall and Lone Angler
follower of William Pether (Carlisle c.1738 – Bristol 1821)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
243 x 196 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515538
Summary
Oil painting on panel, A Moonlit River Scene with a Ruined Abbey, Waterfall and Lone Angler by a follower of William Pether (Carlisle c.1738 – Bristol 1821). In the centre foreground, a bridge, on which a lone angler is seated; river stretches into the far distance; a ruined abbey and waterfalls seen on the bank at the right
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
follower of William Pether (Carlisle c.1738 – Bristol 1821), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Abraham Pether (Chichester 1756 – Southampton 1812) , artist