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Artists›Cornelius Varley

Cornelius Varley

British, 1781–1873

WA-00046411

Hackney, UK

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ5171468

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

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Artworks (28)

Landscape with Figure in Foreground

1835 · brown ink and brown wash with graphite

Sheet: 49.1 x 38.1 cm (19 5/16 x 15 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Shored Boats

1809 · Etching on off-white wove paper

Plate: 20.7 × 30 cm (8 3/16 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 25.2 × 33.9 cm (9 15/16 × 13 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Boats on a River, Windmill in Distance

1809 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Boy Sitting on a Banked Vessel

1809 · Pen lithograph on cream wove paper

23.2 × 32 cm (9 3/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Beached Fishing Boats

1809 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

A House, West Humble Lane, Norbury, Surrey

1806 · watercolor and graphite on wove paper

sheet: 25.2 × 38.5 cm (9 15/16 × 15 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

West Humble Lane, Dorking

1806 · Watercolour and graphite on paper

support: 219 x 340 mm

Tate

Canonbury House, Islington

1805 · Watercolour and graphite on paper

support: 213 x 314 mm

Tate

Millbank

1805 · Watercolour and graphite on paper

support: 231 x 342 mm

Tate

Evening at Llanberis, North Wales

1805 · Watercolour on paper

support: 200 x 238 mm

Tate

View near St Albans

1804 · Watercolour on paper

support: 241 x 349 mm

Tate

A Wooded Lane near Ross

1803 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper

Overall: 23.5 x 36.5 cm (9 1/4 x 14 3/8 in.) mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)

National Gallery of Art

An Extensive View in Shropshire

1803 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper

overall: 25.2 x 32.2 cm (9 15/16 x 12 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Tally Llyn from Llyn Trigrain

1803 · graphite on wove paper; laid down

overall: 25.5 x 40 cm (10 1/16 x 15 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study of a Tree. Verso: Sky Study

1803 · Graphite and watercolour on paper. Verso: graphite and watercolour on paper

support: 376 x 272 mm

Tate

Conway Castle

1802 · Watercolor over traces of graphite on ivory wove paper

27.3 × 23.1 cm (10 3/4 × 9 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Henham Park, Suffolk

1801 · graphite with watercolor on wove paper

overall: 27.4 x 38.6 cm (10 13/16 x 15 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Portrait of a man in profile

1800 · Graphite

sheet: 18 1/2 x 14 in. (47 x 35.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Irish cars (Study of two carts in a landscape)

1800 · Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite

10 1/8 x 14 5/16 in. (25.7 x 36.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape with Gothic Ruins

1800 · Graphite on ivory laid paper, laid down on gray board

28.1 × 45.6 cm (11 1/8 × 18 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Craig Goch, Moel Hebog, North Wales

1797 · Watercolor over graphite

sheet: 6 7/16 x 14 3/8 in. (16.4 x 36.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

An Anchor

Graphite and chalk on paper

support: 291 x 376 mm

Tate

Composition: Woodland with Bridge and Weir

Graphite and watercolour on paper

support: 180 x 241 mm

Tate

Study of Trees. Verso: Hilly Landscape

Watercolour on paper. Verso: watercolour on paper

support: 173 x 259 mm

Tate

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28 published of 28 catalogued · 28 with image

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Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Canonbury House, Islington
1805 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Millbank
1805 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
View near St Albans
1804 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Composition: Woodland with Bridge and Weir
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Landscape Composition: Mountain and Castle
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Study of a Tree. Verso: Sky Study
1803 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A Farmhouse. Verso: Group of Trees
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Boats on a River, Windmill in Distance
1809 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Two Beached Fishing Boats
1809 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Landscape with Figure in Foreground
1835 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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