Cornelius Varley

British · 1781–1873 · Painter, Draughtsman

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View Of Snowdon And Capel Curig, North WalesOlympia Auctions · Dec 2023£700≈ $877≈ €813Sign up to see
Lake Scene with Boats and Distant MountainsToovey's · Jan 2019£140≈ $182≈ €161Sign up to see
Tiverton, DevonLawrences Auctioneers · Sep 2024£80≈ $107≈ €96Sign up to see

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British artist, scientific researcher and inventor (1781-1873)

Born 1781, Mare StreetDied 1873, Stoke NewingtonOccupation Painter, DraughtsmanWikidata Q5171468 ↗ULAN 500004766 ↗Museum works 20

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Cornelius Varley, Tally Llyn from Llyn Trigrain — **Tally Llyn from Llyn Trigrain**1803 · graphite on wove paper; laid down
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorot…

Cornelius Varley, Henham Park, Suffolk — **Henham Park, Suffolk**1801/1803 · graphite with watercolor on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Cornelius Varley, An Extensive View in Shropshire — **An Extensive View in Shropshire**1803 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Diane Allen Nixon — Open Access …

Cornelius Varley, A Wooded Lane near Ross — **A Wooded Lane near Ross**1803 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Diane Allen Nixon — Open Access …

Cornelius Varley, A House, West Humble Lane, Norbury, Surrey — **A House, West Humble Lane, Norbury, Surrey**1806 · watercolor and graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Donald Stone — Open Access (CC0)

Cornelius Varley, Pastoral with Cattle and Figures in a Glade — **Pastoral with Cattle and Figures in a Glade**1837
Birmingham Museums Trust ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Birmingham Museums Trust

Cornelius Varley, Richmond, Surrey — **Richmond, Surrey**1837
Birmingham Museums Trust ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Birmingham Museums Trust

Cornelius Varley, Studies of Boats, Figures, Carts, and Buildings — **Studies of Boats, Figures, Carts, and Buildings**
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · Cornelius Varley, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for British Art

Cornelius Varley, Front View of a Vessel with Masts — **Front View of a Vessel with Masts**
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · Cornelius Varley, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for British Art

Cornelius Varley, A Boy Sitting on a Banked Vessel — **A Boy Sitting on a Banked Vessel**November 8, 1809 · Pen lithograph on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and…

Cornelius Varley, Shored Boats — **Shored Boats**October 16, 1809 · Etching on off-white wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and…

Cornelius Varley, Conway Castle — **Conway Castle**1802 · Watercolor over traces of graphite on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Celia and David Hilliard — public domain (CC0)

Cornelius Varley, Landscape with Gothic Ruins — **Landscape with Gothic Ruins**1810/20 · Graphite on ivory laid paper, laid down on gray board
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Cornelius Varley, Landscape with Figure in Foreground — **Landscape with Figure in Foreground**c. 1840 · brown ink and brown wash with graphite
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Cornelius Varley, Two Beached Fishing Boats — **Two Beached Fishing Boats**1809 · etching
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Cornelius Varley, Boats on a River, Windmill in Distance — **Boats on a River, Windmill in Distance**1809 · lithograph
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Elizabeth Carroll Shearer in memory of Rober…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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