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A Boy Sitting on a Banked Vessel

1809

Cornelius Varley

Associated Names

Cornelius Varley

Artist, British, 1781 - 1873

Medium

pen lithograph on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift (Partial and Promised) of Judy and Leo Zickler
Dimensions

plate: 21.2 x 30.2 cm (8 3/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
sheet: 25.8 x 40.5 cm (10 3/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

2005.117.2
Series Title

Etchings of Shipping (Scenery on the Thames)

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Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

2005

Libson, Lowell. Cornelius Varley: The Art of Observation. London, 2005: no. 84.

Inscriptions

lower center in image: C. Varley Del.; lower right in image: Published by J & C Varley Nov 8th 1809

Wikidata ID

Q76337834

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