Browse DSIDetails of the item << Previous Next >> Pether William W. P. ; Sebastian Pether (1790-1844) ; 1731 ?or 1738 ? in Carlisle 1821 in Montague Street, Bristol instrument maker and astronomical copperpalte engraver and painter ->Abraham Pether (1756-1812) (cousin) ; pupil of Thomas Frye (1710 c. -1762) ; United Kingdom fellow of the Incorporated Society of Artists ; occasional exhibitor with the Free Society and the Royal Academy (for the last time in 1794) ; botanical mezzotint engravingr ; miniature painting ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pether ; DNB 45 1896 ; Graves's Dict. of Artists ; Nissen: Botan. Buchillustration 1966; Klingender 1968/74: 55 ; Known as the teacher of Elmes and Dunkarton; he onstantly changed his residence from London to the provinces and back again. 226413190
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