John Varley
(1778–1842)
The Harrow Road, Paddington
Signed and dated at lower right, in pen and brown ink, J. Varley / 1836
Watercolor and some gouache, pencil
8 7/8 x 12 3/4 inches (225 x 323 mm)
Purchased on the E. J. Rousuck Fund
1991.13
Item description:
Varley had made several sketching tours through Wales, Yorkshire, and Northumberland. During the summer months he rented a house at Twickenham and, along with his students, sketched by the bank of the Thames. His later works are more composed examples of the picturesque ideal: here figures and sheep travel along a tree-lined road dappled by sunlight and shadow.