Cornelius Varley

1781–1873

*A Farmhouse. Verso: Group of Trees*
License this image

In Tate Britain

Prints and Drawings Rooms

View by Appointment

Biography

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

This biography is from Wikipedia under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License. Spotted a problem? Let us know.

Read full Wikipedia entry

Artworks

Left Right

View near St Albans
Cornelius Varley
1804

View by appointment
Evening at Llanberis, North Wales
Cornelius Varley
1805

View by appointment
West Humble Lane, Dorking
Cornelius Varley
1806

View by appointment
Millbank
Cornelius Varley
c.1805

View by appointment
Canonbury House, Islington
Cornelius Varley
after 1804

View by appointment
Study of a Tree. Verso: Sky Study
Cornelius Varley
1803

View by appointment
A Cottage
Cornelius Varley
date not known

View by appointment
Landscape Composition: Mountain and Castle
Cornelius Varley
date not known

View by appointment

See all 13

Prints and Drawings Rooms

Biography

Artworks

View near St Albans

Evening at Llanberis, North Wales

West Humble Lane, Dorking

Millbank

Canonbury House, Islington

Study of a Tree. Verso: Sky Study

A Cottage

Landscape Composition: Mountain and Castle

Sign up to emails