Cornelius Varley

Place: London

Born: 1781

Death: 1873

Biography:

Cornelius Varley, FRSA (21 November 1781 – 2 October 1873) was an English water-colour painter. Varley was born at Hackney, then a village north of London, on 21 November 1781. He was a younger brother of John Varley, a watercolour painter and astrologer, and a close friend of William Blake. He was educated by his uncle, a scientific instrument mak...