Period: 19th century / Creator: Varley, John, 1778–1842 / Topic subjectplace ss: United Kingdom

1. Westminster Abbey from Tothill Fields

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: 1832
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 7 1/4 x 10 inches (18.4 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. A View along the Thames towards Chelsea Old Church

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: between 1810 and 1815
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 8 x 11 1/2 inches (20.3 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Sheet from the Blake-Varley Sketchbook of 1819, Pages 37 and 38

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1819
Medium:: Graphite and black chalk on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 8 inches (15.6 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Keith C., Yale BA 1968, and Mildred B. Marshall

4. Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: 1808
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 1/4 inches (27.6 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Chepstow Castle

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: 1832
Medium:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 25 1/4 inches (30.5 x 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. London from the South West

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: 1831
Medium:: Watercolor and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 10 3/4 inches (15.6 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Watercolor on moderately thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 15/16 x 5 15/16 inches (10 x 15.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Thames at Windsor

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: ca. 1830
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (16.8 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Elizabeth S. Tower

9. Battersea Bridge

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor with scraping over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 × 19 1/2 inches (30.4 × 49.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. View of Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire, from Under the Bridge

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: 1802
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 9/16 x 20 1/16 inches (29.4 x 51 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Thames Near the Penitentiary, Millbank, London

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: 1816
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 16 1/8 inches (29.2 x 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Welsh Coast

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: 1837
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 11 5/8 inches (10.5 x 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Llyn Dinas, North Wales

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: 1839
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, varnish and scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches (11.1 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Vauxhall Bridge

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: ca. 1816
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 14 7/8 inches (28.9 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Landscape in Wales with Castle, Lake, and Rocky Foreground

Creator:: pupil of John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: 1815
Medium:: Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 18 1/4 inches (17.8 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Chiswick

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: 1814
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 21 5/8 inches (24.4 × 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequeathed by Weyland Wells Williams, Yale BA 1910, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

17. Llanberis Lake, with Castle Dolbadern

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: ca. 1805
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 26 1/8 inches (50.2 x 66.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. An Arch at Holy Island, Northumberland

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: 1809
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (29.2 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Bridge

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 14 7/8 inches (43.2 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Harlech Castle and Twgwyn Ferry

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 1/8 x 21 1/4 inches (41 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Saint Peter's Church, Hereford, from Butcher's Row

Creator:: follower of John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: 1802
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 x 22 5/8 inches (40 x 57.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Under the Ouse Bridge, Bathing

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: between 1803 and 1804
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 21 3/8 inches (41.9 x 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Castle on Holy Island

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: 1809
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 17 7/8 inches (14 x 45.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Westminster Abbey from Tothill Fields

2. A View along the Thames towards Chelsea Old Church

3. Sheet from the Blake-Varley Sketchbook of 1819, Pages 37 and 38

4. Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

5. Chepstow Castle

6. London from the South West

7. Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds

8. The Thames at Windsor

9. Battersea Bridge

10. View of Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire, from Under the Bridge

11. The Thames Near the Penitentiary, Millbank, London

12. The Welsh Coast

13. Llyn Dinas, North Wales

14. Vauxhall Bridge

15. Landscape in Wales with Castle, Lake, and Rocky Foreground

16. Chiswick

17. Llanberis Lake, with Castle Dolbadern

18. An Arch at Holy Island, Northumberland

19. The Bridge

20. Harlech Castle and Twgwyn Ferry

21. Saint Peter's Church, Hereford, from Butcher's Row

22. Under the Ouse Bridge, Bathing

23. Castle on Holy Island