Looking under the Bridge

Not on View

Medium

watercolor over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 28.4 x 23.7 cm (11 3/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Paul Mellon Collection

Accession Number

1986.72.21

Artists / Makers

John Varley (artist) British, 1778 - 1842

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in graphite?: J Varley; in later hand, across top verso in graphite: Rochester / Stone Bridge / John Varley; in later hand, across bottom verso in graphite: John Varley / The Old Bridge / Rochester (writing on verso removed during restoration (10/87) - see file for photograph)

Exhibition History

1987: English Drawings and Watercolors, 1630-1850, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987-1988, no cat.

2006: The Artist's Vision: Romantic Traditions in Great Britain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007