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Pether was a fellow of the Incorporated Society of Artists and contributed to its exhibitions' paintings, miniatures, and engravings from 1764 to 1777. He was also an occasional exhibitor with the Free Society and the Royal Academy. He had many pupils, including
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In 1762 he engraved Frye's portrait of George III in three sizes, and during the following fifteen years executed engravings after English, Dutch, and Italian masters, especially
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the singer, the brothers Smith of Chichester, and himself in Spanish dress—he also engraved. In 1777 he sent his own portrait with the disguised title,
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Cora, Dominika (September 2021). "New Light on the Life and Work of the Mezzotint Engraver William Pether (1739-1821)".
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Cora, Dominika (September 2021). "New Light on the Life and Work of the Mezzotint Engraver William Pether (1739-1821)".
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Pether died in Montague Street, Bristol, on 19 July 1821, aged 82 or 83, having long been forgotten in the art world.
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His last plate published in London is dated 1793, and he exhibited at the Royal Academy for the last time in 1794.
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Dominika Cora, 'New Light on the Life and Work of the Mezzotint Engraver William Pether (1739-1821)',
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engraver, but also decorated porcelain, made oil paintings and pastel drawings, and invented gadgets.
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Pether was also a miniaturist and painted some life-sized portraits in oil, three of which—
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At the beginning of the 19th century Pether appears to have settled at
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