Old Masters Day Auction
Old Masters Day Auction
Property from a European Private Collection
Henry Pether
London, a view of the Thames at Chelsea reach by moonlight
Lot Closed
July 7, 02:47 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a European Private Collection
Henry Pether
active in London 1828 - 1865
London, a view of the Thames at Chelsea reach by moonlight
signed and dated lower left: Henry Pether / 1859
oil on canvas
unframed: 60.5 x 91.6; 23⅞ x 36 in.
framed: 76.8 x 107.8 cm.; 30¼ x 42½ in.
With N.R. Omell Gallery, London, 1988;
From whom acquired by the present owner.
London, N.R. Omell Gallery, Exhibition of Marine Paintings of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century, 4 October – 4 November 1988, no. 10.
This view of Chelsea Reach features a prominent view of Chelsea Old Church with Albert Bridge in the distance. The church, whose foundations were established in the Norman period, became the Private Chapel of Sir Thomas More when he rebuilt the Church in 1528. The main portion, visible in the painting, shows a later construction of about 1670. Another prominent feature of the painting is Alldin's Coal Wharf, which was eventually swept away during the construction of the Chelsea Embankment in 1866.
Another version of this composition by Pether, dated to 1850, is preserved in the Museum of London.1
1 https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/cheyne-walk-in-chelsea-london-by-moonlight-50576