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personBritish, 1781–1873

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Selected Works17

Museum Acquisitions

Art Institute of Chicago

A Boy Sitting on a Banked Vessel

A Boy Sitting on a Banked Vessel, 1809

Pen lithograph on cream wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Shored Boats, 1809

Etching on off-white wove paper

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The gamekeeper, Hartwell

The gamekeeper, Hartwell

£500 ($660 USD)

An Irish cart

£1,440 ($2k USD)

An ale house, formerly a chapel

An ale house, formerly a chapel

£600 ($792 USD)

The ruins of Purton Hall, Staffordshire

The ruins of Purton Hall, Staffordshire

£780 ($1k USD)

Syon House from the Thames

Syon House from the Thames

£660 ($871 USD)

Study of a timber-framed gabled farmhouse

Study of a timber-framed gabled farmhouse

£896 ($1k USD)

Study of a house in Dolgelly, North Wales

Study of a house in Dolgelly, North Wales

£2,820 ($4k USD)

Near Harlech, North Wales

Near Harlech, North Wales

£117 ($154 USD)

£3,585 ($5k USD)

View of Exeter Cathedral

View of Exeter Cathedral

£836 ($1k USD)

A folio of drawings, the majority landscape, topographical and figurative subjects including: Horse Chestnuts, Brampton park, Huntingdon; Brampton Park; Cows grazing by a tree, Brampton; Woodland landscape; Brampton, Huntingdon; Dunwich church ruins, Suffolk; Purton Stafpon; Gamekeeper, Hartwell; Hartwell bridge; Statue of a uniformed man on a column, Hartwell; Hartwell bridge with clock tower beyond; A seated man; A timber framed house, Wenlock, Shropshire; Study of a window; Wooden bridge; and the rear view of a church

A folio of drawings, the majority landscape, topographical and figurative subjects including: Horse Chestnuts, Brampton park, Huntingdon; Brampton Park; Cows grazing by a tree, Brampton; Woodland landscape; Brampton, Huntingdon; Dunwich church ruins, Suffolk; Purton Stafpon; Gamekeeper, Hartwell; Hartwell bridge; Statue of a uniformed man on a column, Hartwell; Hartwell bridge with clock tower beyond; A seated man; A timber framed house, Wenlock, Shropshire; Study of a window; Wooden bridge; and the rear view of a church

£2,820 ($4k USD)

For Sale

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy

A Wooded Lane near Ross

A Wooded Lane near Ross, 1803

Watercolor over graphite on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy

Henham Park, Suffolk

Henham Park, Suffolk, 1801

Graphite with watercolor on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy

An Extensive View in Shropshire

An Extensive View in Shropshire, 1803

Watercolor over graphite on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy

Tally Llyn from Llyn Trigrain

Tally Llyn from Llyn Trigrain, 1803

Graphite on wove paper; laid down

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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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A Boy Sitting on a Banked Vessel

Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.765 · Pen lithograph on cream wove paper

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.766 · Etching on off-white wove paper

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Irish Cars (Study of Two Carts in a Landscape)

Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2007 · Accession 2007.537.3 · Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite

Gift of Roberta J. M. Olson and Alexander B. V. Johnson, in memory of Professor and Mrs. E. Dudley H. Johnson, 2007

Portrait of a Man in Profile

Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2005 · Accession 2005.362 · Graphite

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2005

Landscape with Figure in Foreground

Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2004 · Accession 2004.40 · brown ink and brown wash with graphite

John L. Severance Fund

Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1997 · Accession T09315 · Graphite and chalk on paper

Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996

A Farmhouse. Verso: Group of Trees

Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1997 · Accession T09314 · Watercolour on paper. Verso: watercolour on paper

Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996

Composition: Woodland with Bridge and Weir

Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1997 · Accession T09313 · Graphite and watercolour on paper

Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996

Study of Trees. Verso: Hilly Landscape

Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1997 · Accession T09312 · Watercolour on paper. Verso: watercolour on paper

Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996

Landscape Composition: Pastoral

Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1997 · Accession T09291 · Chalk on paper

Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996

Landscape Composition: Mountain and Castle

Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1997 · Accession T09290 · Graphite, watercolour and ink on paper

Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996

Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1997 · Accession T09257 · Ink, watercolour and gum arabic on paper

Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996

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$102 – $46.9K

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$4.5K

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$1.4K

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Sep 2019

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Cornelius Varley dies

Jan 1, 1873

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birth

Cornelius Varley born

Jan 1, 1781