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John Varley (1778-1842).
The Old Church, Hackney, London.
Watercolour over pencil heightened with touches of bodycolour.
27.8 by 37.7 cm., 10 ¾ by 14 ¾ in.
Provenance:
Bought at Spink, London.
By descent until 2018.
This depicts the sixteenth century church of St Augustine which was demolished in 1798 to make way for a new church on the site dedicated to St John. The large funerary monument to the left survives.
Varley was born in a house adjoining Hackney churchyard in 1778. Another version of this watercolour, dated 1830, is in the British Museum. (see Lindsay Stainton, British Landscape Watercolours 1600-1860, 1985, no.110, pl.83).
Dimensions
27.8 by 37.7 cmStock number
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