Moonlit River Estuary Landscape, with a Church, a Mill, and two Anglers
Member of the Pether Family (circa 1780 - 1865)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1780 - 1865
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
610 x 741 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515770
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Moonlit River Estuary Landscape with a Church, a Mill and two Anglers by a Member of the Pether Family. Moonlit lakeside landscape with a church on the left, a mill with a waterwheel and a lighted window on the right, two anglers, one standing, one sitting, just below the mill; distant view of hill, cloudy sky with a full moon in the centre.
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)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Gilt tablet affixed to bottom of frame, inscribed:
Makers and roles
Member of the Pether Family (circa 1780 - 1865), artist