Cottage near Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire
Maker
(artist)
1778-1842
1778-1842
Title
Cottage near Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire
Date of Production
1803
Medium
graphite, watercolour on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 25.9 cm
Width: 37 cm
Width: 37 cm
Accession Number
D.1967.WS.98
Mode of Acquisition
William Wycliffe Spooner, bequest, 1967
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
John Varley’s early watercolours, with their soft naturalistic colours and limited palette, show a strong influence of Thomas Girtin, while various townscapes showing half-timbered houses recall the work of Thomas Hearne (1744-1817). This somewhat faded view of a dilapidated cottage embodies picturesque irregularity, with its broken windows and tiles, rough stone walls and cobbled street. Areas of unworked colour and vestiges of pencil drawing suggest that it was done from first-hand observation.
Provenance
William Wycliffe Spooner, Ilkley (1882-1967); Spooner Bequest 1967
Exhibition History
British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum and Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005
British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005; Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, 18/07/2005-23/10/2005; Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, London, 16/11/2005-12/02/2006
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979 ...More
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977 ...Less
British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005; Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, 18/07/2005-23/10/2005; Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, London, 16/11/2005-12/02/2006
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979 ...More
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977 ...Less
Literature
The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 59
ill. on p. 191
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 51
pl. III
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 49
cat. no. 59
ill. on p. 191
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 51
pl. III
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 49
Inscriptions
Inscription: Near Kirkstall Abbey / Yorkshire //
Inscription: J. Varley 1803
Inscription: Cottage at Shirksdale [sic]: Yorkshire / J: Varley: 1803 //
Inscription: 9 w 1
Inscription: J. Varley 1803
Inscription: Cottage at Shirksdale [sic]: Yorkshire / J: Varley: 1803 //
Inscription: 9 w 1
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