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448 - John Varley, OWS,
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John Varley, OWS, British 1778-1842- Four studies of a choirboy; pencil and watercolour on paper, signed 'J Varley' (lower right), 14.5 x 24.2 cm. Provenance: with the Covent Garden Gallery, Russell Street, London 1982 (bears their label to the reverse). Private Collection. with Martyn Gregory, London [VH 758]. Exhibited: London, Martyn Gregory Gallery, 'British Watercolours and Drawings 1750-1900', May 2016, cat. 95, no. 78. Note: Varley was a prolific watercolourist and a close friend of William Blake (1757-1827). He was an influential figure in the development of watercolour painting in Britain, as one of the founders of the 'Old Watercolour Society' in 1805, and also instructed a number of significant watercolourists in the generation to follow, including John Linnell (1792-1882), David Cox (1783-1859), Copley Fielding (1787-1855), and William Turner of Oxford (1789-1862).
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