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John Varley, 1778–1842, British, Llyn Dinas, North Wales, 1839
- Title:
Llyn Dinas, North Wales
- 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)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite center left: "5212"; in pen and brown ink center: "Lyndinas n wales | J. Varley 1839"
Signed in pen and gray ink lower right: "J. Varley"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.770
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boats | clouds | fisherman | lakes | landscape | mountains | rocks (landforms) | trees
- Associated Places:
- Cymru | Dinas | United Kingdom | Wales
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12623
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John Varley was a founding member of the Old Watercolour Society and taught artists such as David Cox, John Linnell, and J. M. W. Turner, works by all of whom are included in this exhibition. He was known for his stormy temperament, which contrasted with the often placid mood evoked by the flat washes of watercolor in his landscapes. This study suggests that artists must be adaptable when working outdoors. Varley, seemingly unsatisfied with his original composition, must have wanted to include more of the scene, as his original piece of paper is pasted onto a larger one. The artist likely did not intend to exhibit this work, and may have used it as reference for future paintings. Gallery label for the Art in Focus: Wales(Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Duncan Robinson, Fairest isle : the appreciation of British scenery, 1750-1850, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1989, p. 12, no. 92, ND1354.4 F35 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Yale Center for British Art, Wales, New Haven, 2014, p.21, V2519 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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