Name: JOHN VARLEY, O.W.S. (LONDON 1778-1842)
Brand: View of Conwy Castle, North Wales
Price: 3200.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

JOHN VARLEY, O.W.S. (LONDON 1778-1842)
View of Conwy Castle, North Wales
with inscription 'I certify that this is an Original Drawing/ by Old John Varley/ Born 1779/ Died 1842/ Herb. Varley /grandson/ 18th July 1899' (on an old label on the reverse of the frame)
pencil and watercolour on paper
12¹⁄₂ x 8⁷⁄₈ in. (31.8 x 22.6 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 7 March 2006, lot 73.

London, Martyn Gregory, An Exhibition of British Watercolours and Drawings 1730-1870, cat. 89, 10-25 May 2012, no. 69.

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This drawing is one of Michael Kauffmann's 'third type' - an unfinished work showing the artist layering washes (see C.M. Kauffmann, John Varley, London, 1984, p. 24). Unusually vibrant, it shows the castle appearing through a low mist and rising out of the river below.
For a note on the artist, please see lot 43.