Artist

Cornelius Varley

Portrait of Cornelius Varley
Portrait of Cornelius Varley

British, 1781–1873

Cornelius Varley was a British British Romanticism artist. 21 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum. Cornelius Varley was born in Mare Street.

Cornelius Varley, FRSA (21 November 1781 – 2 October 1873) was a British painter, mostly in watercolour, printmaker and optical instrument-maker. He invented the graphic telescope and the graphic microscope.

Works by Cornelius Varley

Collections represented

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