Harrogate Herald - 2nd May 1917

Wednesday Gossip

My attention has been drawn through some work done by R Ackrill to a number of beautiful portraits in oils of well-known Harrogate young men who have made the supreme sacrifice, which have been executed by Mrs Varney, [Mr and Mrs A Varney, artists, 20 Park Parade] of the Park Parade Studios, Harrogate. The soldiers include Second Lieutenant Leonard Dawson, Second Lieutenant C E Duncan, Private Reginald Jones, Private J Croft, &c. In each case excellent likenesses have been secured, and the work does the artist infinite credit. Mrs Varney is making a specialty of this class of work, producing a high-class picture at a moderate figure.