A Street Scene near the Thames in Lambeth, London

A Street Scene near the Thames in Lambeth, London

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John Varley (1778-1842)
A Street Scene near the Thames in Lambeth, London

Signed lower right: J. Varley 1817
Watercolour over pencil heightened with stopping out
27.3 by 41 cm., 10 ¾ by 16 in.

Provenance:
With Colnaghi, London, 1948;
Michael Ingram, his sale Sotheby's, 8
th December 2005, lot 159;
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, 9
th July 2009, lot 124

Exhibited:
Ludlow Festival, 1983

This view taken in the back streets of Lambeth looks west towards the Thames with the spires of St John's, Smith Square, visible across the river.