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Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873, British, Tygwyn Ferry, 1802
- Title:
Tygwyn Ferry
- Additional Title(s):
Tequin Ferry
Verso: Sketches of mechanical devices
- Date:
- 1802
- Medium:
- Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 x 14 1/2 inches (22.9 x 36.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Tequin Ferry"; in pen and black ink, upper left : "Harlech | Castle ..."
Watermark: "I TAYLOR | 1801"
Signed and dated in brown ink, lower left: "C- Varley | 1802"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1778
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | bay (body of water) | boat | chimneys | cogs | diagrams | fence | house | shipyard | stile | tools | window
- Associated Places:
- Cymru | England | Europe | United Kingdom | Wales
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12970
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While the house and boat in this sketch are clearly expressed, other parts are more abbreviated. The drawing’s minimalist markings may refer to trees and rocks, natural landscape elements that do not feature as prominently here as in most studies from Wales. Instead, Varley focuses on man-made objects and materials. Like many artists sketching in Wales, he abstains from depicting the local residents but focuses on their natural and material surroundings, working directly in the landscape though omitting some of its more natural elements. 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]
Yale Center for British Art, Wales, New Haven, 2014, p. 21, V2519 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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