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John Varley OWS (1778-1842)
BUILDINGS IN A LANDSCAPE
sepia wash
with inscribed label of Ruskin Gallery on reverse
4 x 5_in. (10.16 x 13.97cm)
Provenance: Ruskin Gallery, Stratford-on-Avon;Where purchased by the present owner, 1962
John Varley was an English watercolourist and astrologer. He exhibited at the RA and the Old Watercolour Society and
became a successful drawing master with William Turner among his most famous students. He was also a close friend of
William Blake, with whom he collaborated on the book Visionary Heads.
€600-€800 (£440-£590 approx. approx.)
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 178IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART · 28 SEPTEMBER 2015