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Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873, British, Remains of Purton Hall, Staffordshire, 1820

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Creator:

Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873, British

Title:

Remains of Purton Hall, Staffordshire

Date:

1820

Medium:

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)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in artist's hand: "remains of Parton Hall; in brown ink, lower left, in artist's hand: "P.G.T"; lower center: "Remains of Parton Hall Staffordshr. C Varley 1820"

Signed and dated in graphite, lower left: "remains of Parton Hall Aug '9 1820 C Varley"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.4338

Classification:

Drawings & Watercolors

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

Associated Places:

England | Europe | Staffordshire | United Kingdom

Access:

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Exhibition History:

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

Papermaking and The Art of Watercolor in Eighteenth-Century Britain: Paul Sandby's "View of…Mr. Whatman's Turkey Mill" (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-02-22 - 2006-06-04)

Publications:

Scott Wilcox, British watercolors, drawings of the 18th and 19th centuries from the Yale Center for British Art , Hudson Hill Press, New York, 1985, no. 40, pl. 40, ND1928 W533 1985 (YCBA)

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14164

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