Name: JOHN VARLEY, O.W.S. (LONDON 1778-1842)
Brand: Bedgellert Bridge, Wales
Price: 1600.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

JOHN VARLEY, O.W.S. (LONDON 1778-1842)
Bedgellert Bridge, Wales
signed and dated 'J Varley. 1811' (lower left) and further signed, inscribed and dated 'Bedgellert Bridge/ N Wales/ J. Varley 1811' (verso)
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
9³⁄₈ x 13¹⁄₈ in. (23.8 x 33.3 cm.)

with Agnew's, London, where purchased by
Roger Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield (1904-1996) and
by descent to the present owner.

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Varley first visited Beddgelert on a tour of North Wales with J. C. Barrow in 1798 or 1799, and after that date executed many idealised views of it, exhibiting them at the Old Water-Colour Society in 1805, 1810, 1812, 1815 and 1834. At least eight other versions are known.
Roger Makins was a British Diplomat who was Ambassador to the United States (1953-6). As a collector he is best known for his Collection of Pre-Raphaelite Art but he also put together a fine collection of Early British Drawings, the majority purchased from the prestigious London dealers Agnew’s and Spink.