JOHN PETHERICK
(1788-1861)
A full Moon on 6th October, 1854 over Cefn Cwsc, Kenfig Hill, Glamorgan
Watercolour
5 x 5 inches
Acquired by a Private Collector
Provenance
Private Collection, UK
Stephen Somerville and Anthony Reed, 1989
Exhibited
John Petherick, 1788-1861, Watercolours from a Family Scrap-Album,
Stephen Somerville and Anthony Reed at Bernheimers, 1989, no. 84
John Petherick (1788–1861) lived and worked in South Wales during the first half of the 19th Century. He was brought up near the Pen-y- Darren ironworks in Merthyr Tydfi. There are further examples of Petherick’s work in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff and also at the National Library, Aberystwyth.
