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View of Polesden Lacey, Surrey through Trees

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John Varley, I (1778-1842)

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Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

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John Varley first visited Polesden Lacey with Dr Monro, who lived in nearby Fetcham, in 1800, when the house belonged to Richard Sheridan. Dr Thomas Monro (1759- 1833) was an early supporter and patron of Turner and Girtin whose works Varley would have seen in his collection. He was the physician at Bethlem Hospital and his London house on Adelphi Terrace off The Strand was a magnet for young artists. A watercolour in the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle is inscribed on the verso: View from Polesden near Bookham made in company with Dr. Monro by J. Varley Oct. 1800 (see C.M. Kauffmann, John Varley 1778-1842, 1984, p.15, fig. 2). The present watercolour dates from a much later visit (see Kauffmann, p.18, no.7) and shows the house designed by Thomas Cubitt for Joseph Bonsor, thus dating it to 1823 or after. This watercolour show’s Cubitt’s classical building from the side with its ten column colonnade visible to the left. The house was knocked down and rebuilt in 1903.

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image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

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Polesden Lacy, Surrey, England

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