John VarleyEnglish, 1778–1842Bray Church Yard
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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About the work
The inscription on the reverse of this drawing, "Bray Church Yard-1807," likely refers to St. Michael’s, the parish church in the village of Bray on the banks of the Thames in the county of Berkshire. The banks of the lower Thames Valley provided the subject matter for many of John Varley’s early watercolors. His pursuit of the picturesque led the artist to turn his back on London and its connotations of commerce and industry, focusing instead on the rural aspects of the scene.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1940.564
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
![Two Studies of a Figure Holding a Basket [verso], John Varley](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/a335ff43-890e-4fd3-912f-941b7e915206/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Landscape Composition [recto], John Varley](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/d1866f1f-4706-48b2-80e5-63ec988ad70d/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![A Stand of Trees [recto], John Varley](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/dece75e4-3b1b-493e-95ae-d17c84ca98e3/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
