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JOHN EDGAR VARLEY (1839 – 1888)

“Distant view of Halnaker Mill, East Sussex”

Watercolour & bodycolour with gum Arabic

20 3/8” x 28 ¾” (517 x 730mm)

Signed & dated 1870. Provenance – The Varley Family thence by descent                                                                      IMAGE

 

 

 

 

Edgar John Varley was the son of C.S. Varley (1811 – 1888) and grandson of John Varley (1778 – 1842).  He was a landscape and architectural painter.  He lived in London and exhibited his work at the Royal Academy, the Grosvenor Gallery, Walker Art Gallery Liverpool, Manchester City Art Gallery, the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Institute.   He was Curator of the Archaeological Museum in Westminster.  Examples of work by Edgar John Varley are in the Victoria and Albert Museum and Portsmouth City Museum.

 

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