River Scene with Ladies Spinning
John Varley the elder (Hackney 1778 - London 1842)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1800 - 1842
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
230 x 280 mm
Order this imageCollection
Greenway, Devon
NT 121712
Summary
Watercolour on paper, River Scene with Ladies Spinning by John Varley the elder (Hackney 1778 - London 1842). Watercolour showing a river scene with sailing ships and two ladies one at spinning wheel.
Provenance
Given with Greenway to the National Trust by Mrs Rosalind Hicks (1919 - 2004), Anthony Hicks (d. 2005) and Mathew Prichard in 2006
Credit line
Greenway, The Hicks Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
John Varley (?) (on bottom right hand side of mount). 1778 1842. Between Barmouth and Dolgethly. (verso on back in artist's hand) Between Barmouth and Dolgethly (right hand side) PBPA ASug 15 1953/B/a (left hand side)
Makers and roles
John Varley the elder (Hackney 1778 - London 1842), artist