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John Varley
British, 1778–1842
John Varley was a British Romanticism artist. 83 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum. John Varley was born in Greater London.
John Varley (17 August 1778 – 17 November 1842) was an English watercolour painter and astrologer, and a close friend of William Blake. They collaborated in 1819–1820 on the book Visionary Heads, written by Varley and illustrated by Blake. He was the elder brother of a family of artists: Cornelius Varley, William Fleetwood Varley, and Elizabeth, who married the painter William Mulready.
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