Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873, British
Title:
Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire
Date:
1820
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 5/8 × 20 5/8 inches (37.1 × 52.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower center: "Valle Crucis Abbey N Wales Cornelius Varley 1820 P.G.T"; inscribed in black ink, lower right: "A-"; inscribed in graphite, upper right: "5 5 1/2"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1864
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | ruins | abbey | trees | chimney | rose window | figure | Cistercian | architectural subject
Associated Places:
Llantysilio | Valle Crucis Abbey | Wales | Cymru | Denbighshire | United Kingdom | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Through the Looking Lens - The Story of Artist Cornelius Varley and his Telemicroscope, 1800-1860 (American Philosophical Society, 2013-05-17 - 2013-12-29)

Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
Publications:
Duncan Robinson, Fairest isle : the appreciation of British scenery, 1750-1850, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1989, p. 12, no. 89, ND1354.4 F35 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:13035