Abraham Pether

Abraham Pether (8 October 1752 – 13 April 1812) was an English landscape painter, recognised for his skill in depicting moonlit scenes.

[1] In childhood Abraham showed a great talent for music, and at the age of nine played the organ in one of the Chichester churches.

[4] Although his art was popular, Pether was never able to do more than supply the daily wants of his large family, and when attacked by a lingering disease, which incapacitated him for work and eventually caused his death, he was reduced to great poverty.

[1] He died at Southampton on 13 April 1812, leaving a widow, Elizabeth, and nine children quite destitute;[1][2] and the fact that they were unable to obtain any assistance from the Artists' Benevolent Fund was made the occasion of a fierce attack upon the management of that society.

An advertisement in The Times in 1816 stated of the instruments: "the leads being freed by a chymical process from all impurities, and scratching particles".