Looking under the Bridge

John Varley

Artist, British, 1778 - 1842

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Collection

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession

    1986.72.21

Artwork history & notes

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

Inscriptions

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)

Wikidata ID

Q64584408

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