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Cornelius Varley
1781-1873
Sketchbook
[1803]
Various media, chiefly pencil and some watercolor, on wove paper.
Leaves: 9 1/16 x 14 9/16 inches (230 x 369 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne, Jr.
1973.7
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Watermark: J WHATMAN 1801.
Drawings of Wales, including panoramic views of Dolgelly and Cader Idris, on seventeen leaves.
Inscription:
Some sheets signed, inscribed and dated 1803.
Provenance:
P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., London.
Associated names:
Thorne, Landon K., Mrs., donor.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 184.
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours by Cornelius Varley, P. and D. Colnaghi and Co., London, 1973, no. 118, pl. XLIX.
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