Lot 289
  • 289

John Varley

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • John Varley
  • Ferry House, York
  • Watercolour over traces of pencil, heightened with scratching out and stopping out;
    signed lower left: J. VARLEY., further signed inscribed verso: Ferry House York J Varley, held in a fine Regency frame  
  • 457 by 594 mm

Provenance

Probably Sir William Forbes, 7th Bt. of Pitsligo (1773-1828)

Exhibited

London, Old Water-Colour Society, 1809, no. 8

Condition

The pigments in this large watercolour have faded expect at the extreme edges of the sheet. At the lower left hand corner there is a soft crease The work in not laid down.
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