Live Auction 5867Old Master, Decorative, Modern and Contemporary Prints
Christie’s roundel
Lot 169

William Pether (1738-1821), after Joseph Wright of Derby, A.R.A.

An Academy

Closed16 September 2009

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GBP 4,750

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William Pether (1738-1821), after Joseph Wright of Derby, A.R.A.
An Academy
mezzotint on laid paper, good impression with margins, published 1772
S. 23½ x 18½in. (59.7 x 47cm.)

Specialist note

The painting of An Academy by Lamplight was made for Lord Melbourne and exhibited at the Society of Artists in 1769. It is now in the Yale Center for British Art (Paul Mellon Collection).