id:			119729
accession number:	1940.564
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.564
updated:		2025-02-09 00:35:57.271000

Bray Church Yard, 1807. John Varley (British, 1778–1842). Watercolor and graphite; sheet: 24.9 x 36.9 cm (9 13/16 x 14 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.564

title:				Bray Church Yard
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			1807
creation date earliest:		1807
creation date latest:		1807
current location:		
creditline:			Bequest of James Parmelee
copyright:			

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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	watercolor and graphite
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - British
type:		Drawing
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* John Varley (British, 1778–1842)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 24.9 x 36.9 cm (9 13/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	thick, moderately textured beige wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	inscribed, in graphite, on verso, at lower left: BrayChurch Yard - 1807
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
	opening date:   1941-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>The Silver Jubilee Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

	title:		European Watercolors Through the 18th Century
	opening date:   1964-01-14T05:00:00
	<i>European Watercolors Through the 18th Century</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 14-March 22, 1964).

	title:		British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art 
	opening date:   2013-02-10T00:00:00
	<i>British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art </i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2013).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(sale, Victor G. Fischer Company Collection, Anderson Galleries, New York, February 19, 1912, no. 655)
	date: 1912
	footnotes: 	
			
			* <div><!--block-->Misattributed to J.M.W. Turner in this sale.</div>
			
			
	citations: 	


	James Parmelee [1855-1931], Washington, DC, by descent to Alice Maury Parmelee, Washington, DC
	date: probably 1912-1931
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	Alice Maury Parmelee [1862-1940], Washington, DC, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1931-1940
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1940-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Francis, Henry S. "The Bequest of James Parmelee: Department of Paintings." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>28, no. 2 (1941): 15-31.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 17 (as J.M.W. Turner)
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25140904

	Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 58-9 149, no. 18; Reproduced: p. 59
	url:		

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IMAGES

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