JOHN VARLEY OWS (1778-1842) Harlech Castle, signed, watercol...

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JOHN VARLEY OWS (1778-1842) Harlech Castle, signed, watercolour , 5 x 7 in in original exhibition frame.
Provenance: Private Collection, Dorset.

For other views depicting Harlech Castle, with Snowdon in the distance cf. John Varley by C.M. Kauffmann, Batsford , 1984. no.36, p137 and front cover; and no.56 p160.
In both works Harlech Castle is seen from the south. The picturesque subject of Harlech Castle was painted by a number of the leading artists of the time including Turner and Girtin. A number of variants of Varley's views of Harlech Castle are known including examples at The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester and The Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool.