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The earlier English water-colour painters (1897)

Monkhouse, W. Cosmo (William Cosmo), 1840-1901 · London, Seeley · leaf 220

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is rich inthe drawings of John Varley. The collectionranges from the beginning of the century tohis death, and includes numerous specimens ofthe two later classes of his work—the drawingrsfresh from nature and the rich later com-positions—forming together an epitome of theprogress of water-colour… … The Water-Colour Society. 169 nable property called quality. The sky inthe sketch here reproduced could scarcely beexcelled in delicacy of gradation, in purity ofcolour, or in luminousness. It may be to acertain extent conventional, but it is perfectin its skill. So great a producer as Varleycannot…

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