Varley F.R.S.A., Cornelius (1781 – 1873) – Old Thatched and Timber Framed Buildings.

Varley made many spirited watercolours of old buildings, be they stoney and Welsh or timber framed such as this. No matter the materials, these studies are wonderfully variegated and revel in different textures. There is a sketch of an expansive landscape with a large mountain in the distance on the verso of this sheet, so it may have been made on one of his trips to Wales. Perhaps it was made in the borders, or Herefordshire.