Edgar John Varley, Landscape With Thatched Cottages, Chickens & Family

Edgar John Varley, Landscape With Thatched Cottages, Chickens & FamilyThis 19th century watercolour by English artist Edgar John Varley (1839 1888) depicts a rural scene with thatched cottages, chickens, and family. Laying upon a homespun bridge, a young boy holds a makeshift fishing rod towards a trickling stream. His sister, behind him, stands in a doorway surrounded by climbing ivy. Their cottage, clad in timber, is partially bereft of thatch and peers through thick foliage. Its a picture of rural bliss under a

Held in a contemporary frame and glazed

good mother

She’s dressed in a highly fashionable black frilly blouse

past a dense copse

He’s known to have exhibited at the Royal Academy and generally painted in England

which was held at the New Gallery in Paris

he co-founded Den Frie Udstilling (The Free Exhibition)

The artist is sending a message - that despite the lack of means

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 31½” x 25” / 80cm x 64cmYear of creation: c

The painting is signed in the lower left and housed within a good later frame

Perhaps it was a scene conjured up by her imagination or maybe she knew the subject well

1770Labels & Inscriptions: Lettered in lower margin with title and production details: "Gab