Genre: architectural subject / Creator: Varley, John, 1778–1842

1. Westminster Abbey from Tothill Fields

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

2. View of York

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/16 x 7 1/2 inches (13.5 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Norwich

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 11 1/2 inches (30.2 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: 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. Mountain Landscape with Castle Ruins on a Cliff

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and black wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 x 17 inches (27.8 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Farm House with a Well

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 14 1/4 inches (25.4 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. View on the Thames at Battersea

Creator:: pupil of John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 20 7/8 inches (33.3 × 53 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Linlithgow Palace

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/16 x 7 3/16 inches (13.1 x 18.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Landscape with a Boatshed

Creator:: Attributed to George Harley, 1791–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches (14.6 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. A Romantic Landscape

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, brown wash and graphite; verso: watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 10 1/4 inches (16.8 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: 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

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

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: 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

13. Merida, Spain

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 x 20 1/4 inches (18.2 x 51.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 11/16 x 9 9/16 inches (19.5 x 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Barnard Castle, County Durham

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/16 x 5 1/4 inches (8.1 x 13.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Thames Near the Penitentiary, Millbank, London

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: 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

17. A Village Street

Creator:: pupil of John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 3/8 x 13 7/8 inches (26.4 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Vauxhall Bridge

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: ca. 1816
Materials & Techniques:: 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

19. Architectural Drawing of a Building with Astrological Symbols

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, pen and gray ink, graphite, watercolor and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 22 inches (31.1 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Boat Building

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gum and scraping out over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/16 x 21 9/16 inches (34.2 x 54.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. View of New Street, near London Bridge

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches (18.4 x 26.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Carnarvon Castle

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (15.9 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. An Arch at Holy Island, Northumberland

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: 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

24. The Bridge

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: 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

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

Creator:: follower of John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: 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

26. Under the Ouse Bridge, Bathing

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: between 1803 and 1804
Materials & Techniques:: 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

27. Old Mill at Battersea

Creator:: formerly John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 13 1/2 inches (24.4 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Castle

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Mount: 5 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches (13.6 x 15 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935

29. Ouse Bridge, York

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 5 1/4 x 6 5/8 inches (13.4 x 16.9 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. View of York

3. Norwich

4. Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

5. Mountain Landscape with Castle Ruins on a Cliff

6. Farm House with a Well

7. View on the Thames at Battersea

8. Linlithgow Palace

9. Landscape with a Boatshed

10. A Romantic Landscape

11. Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds

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

13. Merida, Spain

14. Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland

15. Barnard Castle, County Durham

16. The Thames Near the Penitentiary, Millbank, London

17. A Village Street

18. Vauxhall Bridge

19. Architectural Drawing of a Building with Astrological Symbols

20. Boat Building

21. View of New Street, near London Bridge

22. Carnarvon Castle

23. An Arch at Holy Island, Northumberland

24. The Bridge

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

26. Under the Ouse Bridge, Bathing

27. Old Mill at Battersea

28. Castle

29. Ouse Bridge, York