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Fortified entrance to a Welsh town (East gate of Caernarvon)

John Varley British
ca. 1802
Not on view
Varley’s early mastery of watercolor is beautifully demonstrated in this response to the massive east gate of Caernarvon, a walled castle and town in North Wales. In 1802, the artist toured the region for a second time with his brother Cornelius. Two years later he joined the Society of Painters in Water-Colours—formed to raise the medium’s status—and may have exhibited this drawing there in 1805 as "View of Carnarvon Walls." In the first decade of the nineteenth century, the Napoleonic Wars kept British artists from traveling on the Continent and encouraged them to seek new material on their own islands.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Fortified entrance to a Welsh town (East gate of Caernarvon)
  • Artist: John Varley (British, London 1778–1842 London)
  • Date: ca. 1802
  • Medium: Watercolor and graphite
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 11/16 in. × 13 in. (22 × 33 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Connie Simmons and James D. Krugman, 2018
  • Object Number: 2018.589
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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