A W🍸ay of Life: The Collection of Barbara & E🌳rnest Kafka
John Varley
Albion ꦍChapel and the Remains of London Wall and Bethlehem Hospital
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A Way of Life: The Collection of Barbara & ꦐErnest Kafka
John Varley
Hackney 1778 - 1842 London
Albion Chapel and the Remains of London Wall and Bethlehem Hospital
Watercolour over pencil
387 by 324 mm
Michael Ingram;
with W.S. Fine Art, London, by 2006,
where acquired by the late owners
Standing on the pavement of a busy thoroughfare, Vaꦑrley depicts the ruins of London’s Roman wall, the partly boarded up remains of the old Bethlehem Hospital and the pantheon-like Albion Chapel, Moorfields.
Albion Chapel was completed in 1815 to the designs of William Jay (circa 1793-1837). It was a Scots Presbyterian place of worship. The present watercolour is though💯t to date from 1815-16, soon after the completion of the Chapel.
Another watercolour by Varley, which appears to be based on the present sheet, is housed in the British Museum. 1
1. British Museum, acc. no. 1880,1113.5624
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