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Bamborough Castle from the Northeast, with Holy Island in the Distance, Northumberland
1827
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Watercolor and graphite with scratching out
- Dimensions
- sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. (18.7 x 26 cm)
- Collection no.
- 2003.135
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
John Varley. Bamborough Castle from the Northeast, with Holy Island in the Distance, Northumberland. John Varley; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Cohen, Christie's Inc., and Jill Newhouse Gifts, 2003. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Bamborough Castle from the Northeast, with Holy Island in the Distance, Northumberland — John Varley. 1827.
Medium: Watercolor and graphite with scratching out. Dimensions: sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. (18.7 x 26 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Cohen, Christie's Inc., and Jill Newhouse Gifts, 2003.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.