Kidwelly Castle, South Wales

1800·Brush with black and gray wash, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper·22.9 × 32.3 cm (9 1/16 × 12 3/4 in.)

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Catalogue

Year: 1800
Medium: Brush with black and gray wash, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 22.9 × 32.3 cm (9 1/16 × 12 3/4 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: John Varley

Artist

John Varley

Painting

John Varley was an English watercolour painter and astrologer, and a close friend of William Blake. They collaborated in 1819–1820 on the book Visionary Heads, written by Varley and illustrated by Blake. He was the elder brother of a family of artists: Cornelius Varley, William Fleetwood Varley, and Elizabeth, who married the painter William Mulready.

Hackney, UK

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