Valle Crucis
Valle Crucis
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JOHN VARLEY
Hackney 1778-1842 London
Valle Crucis Abbey, North Wales
Signed lower right: J. Varley/1835
Watercolour over pencil, with cut corners
128 x 171 mm., 5 x 6 ¾ in.
Valle Crucis Abbey was founded in 1201 just to the west of Llangollen and was an active Cistercian monastery until it was dissolved in 1537 and subsequently fell into disrepair.