Cornelius Varley

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Cornelius Varley
1781-1873
Boats on the River Thames
September 7, 1809
Lithograph on wove paper.
12 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches (324 x 241 mm)
Gift of Mr. Charles Ryskamp.
1983.84
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Watermark: fragment of WHATMAN.
Two lithographs (polyautographs) on one sheet.
Not part of the Specimens of Polyautography, 1803-1806/07, but one of the few isolated independent efforts in the lithographic process made, among others, by the brothers Cornelius and John Varley between 1808 and 18?

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Christopher Mendez, Ltd., London; Charles Ryskamp, Princeton.
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