Materials & Techniques: watercolor / Creator: Varley, John, 1778–1842 / Subject Terms: architectural subject

1. Merida, Spain

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 x 20 1/4 inches (18.2 x 51.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. A Village Street

Creator:: pupil of John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 3/8 x 13 7/8 inches (26.4 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. A Romantic Landscape

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, brown wash and graphite; verso: watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 10 1/4 inches (16.8 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. View on the Thames at Battersea

Creator:: pupil of John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 20 7/8 inches (33.3 × 53 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. View of Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire, from Under the Bridge

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 9/16 x 20 1/16 inches (29.4 x 51 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Linlithgow Palace

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/16 x 7 3/16 inches (13.1 x 18.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Barnard Castle, County Durham

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/16 x 5 1/4 inches (8.1 x 13.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Vauxhall Bridge

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: ca. 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 14 7/8 inches (28.9 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Norwich

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 11 1/2 inches (30.2 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Landscape with a Boatshed

Creator:: Attributed to George Harley, 1791–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches (14.6 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 15/16 x 5 15/16 inches (10 x 15.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. View of New Street, near London Bridge

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches (18.4 x 26.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. View of York

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/16 x 7 1/2 inches (13.5 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Boat Building

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gum and scraping out over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/16 x 21 9/16 inches (34.2 x 54.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 11/16 x 9 9/16 inches (19.5 x 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Thames Near the Penitentiary, Millbank, London

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 16 1/8 inches (29.2 x 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 1/4 inches (27.6 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Architectural Drawing of a Building with Astrological Symbols

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, pen and gray ink, graphite, watercolor and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 22 inches (31.1 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Farm House with a Well

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 14 1/4 inches (25.4 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Castle

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Mount: 5 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches (13.6 x 15 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935

21. Carnarvon Castle

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (15.9 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. An Arch at Holy Island, Northumberland

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (29.2 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Old Mill at Battersea

Creator:: formerly John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 13 1/2 inches (24.4 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Bridge

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 14 7/8 inches (43.2 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Saint Peter's Church, Hereford, from Butcher's Row

Creator:: follower of John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 x 22 5/8 inches (40 x 57.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Under the Ouse Bridge, Bathing

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: between 1803 and 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 21 3/8 inches (41.9 x 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Merida, Spain

2. A Village Street

3. A Romantic Landscape

4. View on the Thames at Battersea

5. View of Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire, from Under the Bridge

6. Linlithgow Palace

7. Barnard Castle, County Durham

8. Vauxhall Bridge

9. Norwich

10. Landscape with a Boatshed

11. Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds

12. View of New Street, near London Bridge

13. View of York

14. Boat Building

15. Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland

16. The Thames Near the Penitentiary, Millbank, London

17. Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

18. Architectural Drawing of a Building with Astrological Symbols

19. Farm House with a Well

20. Castle

21. Carnarvon Castle

22. An Arch at Holy Island, Northumberland

23. Old Mill at Battersea

24. The Bridge

25. Saint Peter's Church, Hereford, from Butcher's Row

26. Under the Ouse Bridge, Bathing