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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Bray Church Yard
Description
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.
Provenance
(sale, Victor G. Fischer Company Collection, Anderson Galleries, New York, February 19, 1912, no. 655); James Parmelee [1855-1931], Washington, DC, by descent to Alice Maury Parmelee, Washington, DC; Alice Maury Parmelee [1862-1940], Washington, DC, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Dimensions
24.9 × 36.9 cm
Movement / Period
Accession No
1940.564
Official Citations
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of John Varley (British, 1778–1842)
Drawings • England, 19th century • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
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