on the Dovey near Machynlleth, North Wales

on the Dovey near Machynlleth, North Wales

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3055

John Varley O.W.S. (1778-1842)
On the Dovey near Machynlleth, North Wales

Signed lower left:
J. Varley/1832
Watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour and stopping out on three sheets of paper joined
30.2 by 62.2 cm., 11 ¾ by 24 ½ in.

The present watercolour was executed thirty years after Varley's last visit to Wales and demonstrates the lifelong impact that the Welsh landscape had on Varley's art. See cat. 67 for further discussion on Varley's late studio watercolours.