Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Title:
Boat Building
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)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
signed and dated in brown ink, lower left: "J. Varley. 1806."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.151
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
laborers | shipbuilders | labor | working | baskets | birds | dog (animal) | architectural subject | logs | boat | genre subject | rope | shipyard | fishing tackle | road | wood | beams | boatbuilding | men | workers
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
Publications:
Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, p. 182, no. V.9, pl. 156, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12119