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John Varley

John Varley

British, 1778–1842
WA-00049091
Hackney, UK
Drawing
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
128
Works in Collection
153
Assets Indexed
4
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
60%
Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (1)

Field Verification (4 fields)

4 cross-verified · 0 single-source
  • Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
  • Birth yearArtic· 93%✓
  • LocationArtic· 93%✓
  • NationalityArtic· 93%✓

Source Registry (1)

About

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Taste overlap and adjacency

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Drawing
Related Artists
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Institutional

Museum Collections

Canonical record

Artworks (128)

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Artwork sources (6)

128 published of 150 catalogued · 145 with image
  • Tate
    101 published101 img
  • Nga
    15 published15 img
  • Art Institute Chicago
    8 published3 img
  • Rijksmuseum
    3 published3 img
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    1 published1 img
  • + 1 more source · 22 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources
  • An Ancient Castle. Sketching Society Subject
    1807 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Composition, Forest Scene
    — · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Sea-piece with Fishing Boats in a Calm
    — · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Sketch for ‘Treatise on Zodiacal Physiognomy’
    1828 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • A Cottage
    — · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • View of Bodenham and the Malvern Hills, Herefordshire
    1801 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Sketch for ‘Treatise on Zodiacal Physiognomy’
    1828 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Sketch for ‘Treatise on Zodiacal Physiognomy’
    1828 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Studies of a Woman Churning Butter
    — · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Interior of a Vaulted Chamber, Kirkstall Abbey, engraved by J. Greig
    1808 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Images

Artsy artist portrait
Artsy
Kidwelly Castle, South Wales (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Kidwelly Castle, South Wales (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

6
Collections6
RijksmuseumCleveland Museum of ArtArt Institute of ChicagoNational Gallery of ArtTateChristie's
Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
Rijksmuseum
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
National Gallery of Art
In collection
Tate
Market

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