Harry Baker Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Harry Baker Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 21, 2025
William Henry Baker, American/New York 1825-1875, active New Orleans 1848-1865, “Portrait of Oliver Miller White (1853-1922) and Hannah White (1855-1870) with Dog", oil on canvas
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
William Henry Baker American/New York, 1825-1875, active New Orleans 1848-1865 "Portrait of Oliver Miller White (1853-1922) and Hannah White (1855-1870) with Dog" oil on canvas unsigned, ornate period frame. Provenance: Collection of W. E. Groves, New Orleans, LA. Note: William Henry Baker was an itinerant portrait painter who lived in Nashville, Tennessee in the mid-1840s and came to New Orleans in 1848 to initially pursue a career as a merchant. After a stint at a local art studio, he decided to instead become a portrait painter and worked primarily in the area from 1848 to 1865 with some travels in the summers. He had little formal art training although reputedly studied informally under Enoch Wood Perry, Jr. in the early 1860s in Europe. By 1865, Baker settled permanently in New York City, where he exhibited portrait and genre paintings at the National Academy of Design and the Brooklyn Art Association. Baker worked in a fashionable and complex style known as "Grand Manner," in which visual cues signified the wealth of the sitters. Portraits in this style were frequently life-sized in proportion and included metaphorical references or animals, two traits which can be seen in the rare work offered here. The style was appealing to the upper class in New Orleans, such as Oliver Miller White and Elizabeth Mary neé Garvey White (c. 1833-1900). The couple moved to New Orleans from Kennebunk, Maine around 1848. White was a successful commission merchant and part owner of the steamboat J. Morrissett. Baker painted at least three known portraits of the White children, each including animals, lush textures and dramatic lighting, as well as works depicting Oliver Miller White and his friend, ship builder Jehangir Nowrojee (dated September 1857), and a portrait of famous Louisiana actress and poet Adah Isaacs Menken. A painting in the collection of Roger H. Ogden shows four of the five children born to the family, including two who had previously died. Orlando (first born), and his sister Mary Julliet (second born), were painted posthumously likely from miniatures or photographs. In the portrait presented here, Oliver Miller White (Jr.) is depicted with his sister, Hannah White, the two surviving children at the time. Oliver was born on February 16, 1853 and baptized April 6, 1862 at Lafayette Presbyterian Church in New Orleans. He later married Theodora Waller on July 28, 1888 in New Orleans and had five children. He died in New Orleans in 1922. Hannah White was born on October 17, 1855 and died at the age of just fifteen in 1870. A third work by Baker, once again depicting four White children, is now conserved at the Louisiana State Museum. The fifth child of the couple, Adele Casey, is not included in the paintings, having been born on December 5, 1857. Ref.: "The Children of Elizabeth Mary (neé Garvey) and Oliver Miller White." 64 Parishes. www.64parishes.org. Accessed Oct. 30, 2025; Lewis, Richard Anthony. "William Henry Baker." 64 Parishes. www.64parishes.org. Access Oct. 30, 2025. "Ship-builder Jehangir Nowrojee (1821-1866) and Steamboat Agent Oliver Miller White." The Indian Portrait. www.theindianportrait.com. Accessed Oct. 30, 2025.
Neal Auction Company
Oct. 17, 2025
Henry (Harry) Baker (British, 1849-1875)
Est: £60 - £80
Henry (Harry) Baker (British, 1849-1875) Young man fishing before a ruined bridge Watercolour, 31.5cm x 51cm
Martel Maides
Sep. 21, 2023
Baker (Henry) Le Microscope a la Portee de tout le monde, first French edition, Paris, Ch. A. Jombert, 1754.
Est: £100 - £150
NO RESERVE Baker (Henry) Le Microscope a la Portee de tout le monde, first French edition, 15 folding engraved plates, occasional foxing, title browned, contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt, spine ends and upper joint worn, upper cover and spine partially blackened, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Paris, Ch. A. Jombert, 1754.
Forum Auctions - UK
Jul. 27, 2023
Henry (Harry) Baker (British, 1849-1875)
Est: £80 - £120
Henry (Harry) Baker (British, 1849-1875), Glyndyfrdwy Mill on the Dee, signed with monogram l.r, watercolour, 53 by 83cm, framed
Kinghams Auctioneers
Nov. 29, 2022
Henry Baker Tristram | The survey of Western Palestine, the flora and fauna of Palestine, London, 1884, original buckram
Est: £300 - £400
Henry Baker Tristram The survey of Western Palestine, the flora and fauna of Palestine. London: the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, 1884 FIRST EDITION, 4to (286 x 215mm.), 13 coloured and 7 plain plates, original dark blue buckram, some spotting A first edition of this ambitious investigation of the flora and fauna of Palestine, including plates depicting mammals and birds, hand-coloured, and predominantly lithographed by J. Smit. Henry Baker Tristram (1822-1906) was an English clergyman, traveler and keen ornithologist, who published numerous naturalist works during his long international career, which took him to Bermuda, the Sahara, Japan and the wider Near East, as well as Palestine. He was an early clerical supporter of Darwinism, attempting to reconcile the theory with Christianity, but rejected it later in his career. This fine first edition of his Survey of Western Palestine has been described as "an account of the natural products of Palestine, based chiefly on the author's own observations and collections secured during four visits to the country. In the section on birds 348 species are enumerated, with the addition of brief notes on their occurrence and geographical distribution" (Anker). LITERATURE: Anker 510; Nissen ZBI 417 Bid on Sotheby's
Sotheby's
Sep. 10, 2022
HAROLD (HARRY) BAKER (English, 1849 - 1875) Clovelly, Devon, watercolour, signed, titled and dated 1869 lower left, 25 x 39cm; framed 51 x 70cm overall.
Est: $100 - $200
HAROLD (HARRY) BAKER (English, 1849 - 1875) Clovelly, Devon, watercolour, signed, titled and dated 1869 lower left, 25 x 39cm; framed 51 x 70cm overall.
Leski Auctions Pty Ltd
Jul. 10, 2021
Harry Potter Horcrux Ring from Eric Baker's Desk
Est: $80 - $120
United States,2015 Sample Harry Potter Horcrux Ring collectible, given to Eric Baker during construction of the Wizarding World of Harry Pottery where it sat on his desk until the job was finished. From the collection of Eric Baker, creative lead of props and set dressing for the Wizarding World of Harry Pottery at Universal Studios, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disney World and Disney Land, and 1990's Nickelodeon prop master and fabricator.
Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers
May. 31, 2020
Henry Baker English Mahogany Tall Case Clock
Est: $800 - $1,200
Circa 1835, scroll crest with brass spire, full column supports, arched trunk door, stepped base. Hand painted metal dial with Roman numerals, marked Hy Baker, Broughton, second and date aperture. Overall measures 87" h. x 18.75" x 9.25". Condition: Repair to crest, pendulum missing suspension spring.
Amero Auctions
Jan. 09, 2020
BAKER (Henry)
Est: £100 - £200
Employment for the Microscope, first edition 1753, 17 engraved plates; note: the plate called for in the note to the binder at p.422 is bound in as the frontispiece
Cheffins
Apr. 10, 2018
Harry Baker, Harvest-time, Evening, watercolour, signed with monogram, labe
Est: £70 - £100
Harry Baker, Harvest-time, Evening, watercolour, signed with monogram, labelled verso, 22cm x 44cm.
Gildings Auctioneers
May. 17, 2017
Baker, Henry
Est: £200 - £300
Baker, Henry Employment for the Microscope... London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1764. Second edition, 8vo, 17 folding plates, contemporary calf with gilt number 2 to spine, bookplate, occasional spotting and a little marginal darkening to initial leaves, upper cover detached, lower joint split, spine chipped [ESTC T90179]; [Idem] The Microscope Made Easy... London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1754. Fourth edition, 8vo, 16 plates, contemporary calf [ESTC T90181] (2)
Lyon & Turnbull
Jul. 09, 2014
Harry Baker (c
Est: £200 - £400
Harry Baker (c.1849-c.1875) British. 'On The Hills, Near Barmouth', Watercolour, Inscribed on Label verso, 10" x 17.5". Provenance; The Swan Gallery.
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Feb. 19, 2014
Harry Baker (1849 - 1875), good quality
Est: £300 - £400
Harry Baker (1849 - 1875), good quality watercolour - rural farm with sheep grazing beside a pond, bearing monogram, in original gilt frame, bearing label to reverse, 23cm x 34cm
Reeman Dansie
Jan. 15, 2014
Baker, Henry
Est: £80 - £120
Baker, Henry An attempt towards a natural history of polype. London: R. Dodsley, 1743. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, woodcuts in text, contemporary calf, two Contents leaves & 1 advertisement leaf bound at end, dampstained, RCSI library stamp to title, worn, cover detached, lacks part of spine
Lyon & Turnbull
Nov. 19, 2013
Henry 'Harry' Baker (fl.1849-1875), A LANDSCAPE
Est: £200 - £300
Henry 'Harry' Baker (fl.1849-1875), A LANDSCAPE WITH A COTTAGE, POND AND GRAZING SHEEP Signed with monogram l.l., watercolour and bodycolour 23 x 34cm
Sworders
Sep. 04, 2013
Baker, Henry
Est: £100 - £150
Baker, Henry An attempt towards a natural history of polype. London: R. Dodsley, 1743. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, woodcuts in text, contemporary calf, two Contents leaves & 1 advertisement leaf bound at end, dampstained, RCSI library stamp to title, worn, cover detached, lacks part of spine
Lyon & Turnbull
May. 04, 2011
Baker, Henry
Est: £100 - £150
Baker, Henry Of microscopes and the discoveries made thereby. London: R. & J. Dodsley, [1753]. 2 volumes, 8vo, 28 (of 31) folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, plate 11 vol.2 defective, six torn without loss, several plates frayed with slight loss, several library stamps, worn, one cover detached
Lyon & Turnbull
Apr. 08, 2011
HENRY BAKER
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
HENRY BAKER 1900 - 1957 PUEBLOS signed HBaker on the reverse oil on canvas 25 by 30 in. (63.5 by 76.2 cm.)
Sotheby's
Apr. 15, 2010
Baker, Henry: Das leicht gemachte Microscopium. 1753
Est: €250 - €400
Baker, Henry. Das zum Gebrauch leicht gemachte Microscopium, ... ins Teutsche übersetzt ... von J. L. St(einer). 24, 343 SS. Mit 1 mehrfach gefalt. Kupfertafel u. 12 teilw. gefalt. Kupfern sowie 1 Tab. 18 x 11 cm. Pappband d. Z. (berieben bzw. etwas beschabt). Zürich, Heidegger, 1753. Nissen 202 Anm. Blake 28. Horn-Schenkling I, 682 Anm. Vgl. Hirsch-Hübotter I, 263 (englische Original-Ausgabe 1743). Erste deutsche Ausgabe der frühen Schrift des Mediziners und Naturforschers mit der eigenen Arbeit des Übersetzers über das Universal-Mikroskop als Anhang. Enthält ausführliche Anleitungen zum Mikroskopieren und Beschreibungen der Objekte, darunter Kristallformen, Metalllegierungen, Insekten etc. Die große Falttafel zeigt die verschiedenen Einzelteile eines Mikroskops, die übrigen Kupfer mit den erwähnten Präparaten. "Henry Baker, (1698-1774) was a significant contributor to the popularization of microscopy and the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Simultaneously a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Society, Baker was a naturalist whose microscopical observations of aquatic animals and fossils were of interest to a wide audience. Many of the materials he examined were observed through a compound microscope made by the English optics expert John Cuff (1708-1772), which he designed at Baker's behest" (Michael W. Davidson, FL State Univ.). - Beigebunden: J. L. Steiner. Kurze Abhandlung Von den Vergrösserungs-Gläsern. 28 S. Ebendort 1748. - Ordentliches und annähernd fleckenfreies Exemplar.
Galerie Bassenge
Jul. 11, 2006
Baker, Henry
Est: £100 - £150
Baker, Henry Employment for the microscope... London: for R. & J. Dodsley, 1764. Second edition, 8vo, 17 engraved folding plates, contemporary calf, worn, backstrip burnt, majority lacking, occassional spotting, water staining at inner hinge of part two; Ibid The microscope made easy. London, 1754. Fourth edition, 8vo, 14 folding plates, contemporary calf, worn, hinges split, some foxing (2)
Lyon & Turnbull
Jun. 10, 2004
BAKER, HENRY.
Est: £400 - £600
Employment for the microscope, in two parts. I. An examination of salts and saline substances, their amazing configurations and crystals, as formed under the eye of the observer... II. An account of various animacules never before described, and of many other microscopical discoveries. London: for R. Dodsley, 1742 Condition Note: 8vo (207 x 122mm.), xiv, 442, [10]pp., illustration : woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 17 folding engraved plates, binding : contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, morocco lettering-piece, extremities slightly rubbed
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