On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Creator: Varley, Cornelius, 1781–1873 / Subject Terms: trees / Classification: Drawings & Watercolors

1. Tree Study

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches (27.6 x 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Melcomb Bingham Church - Dorset

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches (14.3 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Study of Trees at the Edge of a Field

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with white gouache on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 14 7/8 inches (25.4 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Beddgelert Church

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 16 1/4 inches (25.4 x 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. A Moated House

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches (27.3 x 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Raglan Castle

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 17 7/8 inches (28.3 x 45.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Mountain Landscape with Castle Ruins on a Cliff

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and black wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 x 17 inches (27.8 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Mountain Landscape, North Wales

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 17 inches (26.7 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 × 20 5/8 inches (37.1 × 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. View near Tal-y-Llyn

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches (48.9 x 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Landscape Composition

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, graphite, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 14 1/2 inches (22.5 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Cottage on a Bay

Creator:: Attributed to Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (14.9 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Muckross Abbey, Killarney

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 12 7/8 inches (12.4 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Harlech Castle

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: ca. 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, brown gouache, graphite, and pen and brown ink on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 14 7/8 inches (25.7 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Bridge and Trees

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly-textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 12 1/16 inches (20.3 x 30.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Cottages at Letherhead Surrey

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, unknown color, slightly textured wove paper mounted on contemporary card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 inches (15.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Landscape with Castle

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, brown wash, graphite, and white gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches (18.7 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Remains of Purton Hall, Staffordshire

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 21 3/8 inches (37.8 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Small Boats in Harbor

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (11.1 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Haymakers

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: after 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 11 3/8 inches (16.5 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Monnow Bridge, Monmouth, North Wales, July 14, 1803

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/16 x 14 3/8 inches (23.3 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Landscape with Windmill

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 12 1/4 inches (16.8 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Renée and Geoffrey Hartman, Yale PhD 1953

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1. Tree Study

2. Melcomb Bingham Church - Dorset

3. Study of Trees at the Edge of a Field

4. Beddgelert Church

5. A Moated House

6. Raglan Castle

7. Mountain Landscape with Castle Ruins on a Cliff

8. Mountain Landscape, North Wales

9. Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire

10. View near Tal-y-Llyn

11. Landscape Composition

12. Cottage on a Bay

13. Muckross Abbey, Killarney

14. Harlech Castle

15. Bridge and Trees

16. Cottages at Letherhead Surrey

17. Landscape with Castle

18. Remains of Purton Hall, Staffordshire

19. Small Boats in Harbor

20. Haymakers

21. Monnow Bridge, Monmouth, North Wales, July 14, 1803

22. Landscape with Windmill