John Varley (painter)

For other people named John Varley, see John Varley (disambiguation).

Portrait of John Varley by William Mulready, 1814
Portrait of John Varley by John Linnell, 1820
Hackney Church by John Varley
The Straits of Gibraltar

John Varley (17 August 1778 – 17 November 1842) was an English watercolour painter and astrologer, and a close friend of William Blake. They collaborated in 1819–1820 on the book Visionary Heads, written by Varley and illustrated by Blake. He was the elder brother of a family of artists: Cornelius Varley, William Fleetwood Varley, and Elizabeth, who married the painter William Mulready.