Cromer from the Lighthouse
Cromer from the Lighthouse
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Cromer from the LighthouseSigned lower left: J. Varley Watercolour over pencil heightened with stopping out and gum arabic19.7 by 27.2 cm., 7 ¾ by 10 ½ in.Provenance:With Spinks, London;Private collection, UK until 2011 Exhibited:Probably London, Society of Painters in Water-colours, 1824, no.11This watercolour, in exceptional condition, is a rare Norfolk view by Varley. He exhibited three views in or near Cromer at the Society of Painters in Water-colours in 1823 and 1824 of which this is likely to be one. For another view of Cromer dated 1834, see Adrian Bury, John Varley of the `Old Society', 1946, pl. 57.){kind=link}
John Varley (1778-1842)
Cromer from the Lighthouse
Signed lower left: J. Varley
Watercolour over pencil heightened with stopping out and gum arabic
19.7 by 27.2 cm., 7 ¾ by 10 ½ in.
Provenance:
With Spinks, London;
Private collection, UK until 2011
Exhibited:
Probably London, Society of Painters in Water-colours, 1824, no.11
This watercolour, in exceptional condition, is a rare Norfolk view by Varley. He exhibited three views in or near Cromer at the Society of Painters in Water-colours in 1823 and 1824 of which this is likely to be one. For another view of Cromer dated 1834, see Adrian Bury, John Varley of the `Old Society', 1946, pl. 57.