James Smetham Sold at Auction Prices

Painter, Etcher, Illustrator, b. 1821 - d. 1889

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    • James Smetham (British, 1821-1889) Oil On Panel, Rustic Courtship, H 11'' W 9.5''sold
      Feb. 17, 2023

      James Smetham (British, 1821-1889) Oil On Panel, Rustic Courtship, H 11'' W 9.5''

      Est: $200 - $400

      Signed in the lower center. Depicting the courtship of a rustic couple. Having a giltwood and gesso frame, H 16", W 14". Provenance: From a Lathrop Village, Michigan collector.

      DuMouchelles
    • James Smetham (British, 1821-1889) Oil On Panel, Rustic Courtship, H 11'' W 9.5''sold
      Dec. 15, 2022

      James Smetham (British, 1821-1889) Oil On Panel, Rustic Courtship, H 11'' W 9.5''

      Est: $200 - $400

      Signed in the lower center. Depicting the courtship of a rustic couple. Having a giltwood and gesso frame, H 16", W 14". Provenance: From a Lathrop Village, Michigan collector.

      DuMouchelles
    • James Smetham, British 1821-1886- The Saving of the Soul; oil on board, signed and dated indistsold
      Mar. 23, 2021

      James Smetham, British 1821-1886- The Saving of the Soul; oil on board, signed and dated indist

      Est: £500 - £700

      James Smetham, British 1821-1886- The Saving of the Soul; oil on board, signed and dated indistinctly, 9.5x15cm Provenance: with The Maas Gallery, London, according to the label attached to the reverse of the frame Please refer to department for condition report

      Roseberys
    • James Smetham (1821-1889) Flora oil on canvas 15 ½ x 9 7/8 in. (39.5 x 24.5 cm.)sold
      Jul. 11, 2019

      James Smetham (1821-1889) Flora oil on canvas 15 ½ x 9 7/8 in. (39.5 x 24.5 cm.)

      Est: £10,000 - £15,000

      James Smetham (1821-1889) Flora signed 'J. Smetham' (lower right) oil on canvas 15 ½ x 9 7/8 in. (39.5 x 24.5 cm.)

      Christie's
    • James Smetham (British, 1821–1889) Geese in a landscape signed lower left "J Smetham"sold
      Nov. 28, 2018

      James Smetham (British, 1821–1889) Geese in a landscape signed lower left "J Smetham"

      Est: £400 - £600

      James Smetham (British, 1821–1889) Geese in a landscape signed lower left "J Smetham" oil on canvas h:30 w:47 cm Provenance: Presumably Christie's, 25th July 1975, lot 10 Other Notes: James Smetham was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter and engraver, close to Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Smetham was born in Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, and attended school in Leeds. He studied at the Royal Academy in 1843 and painted romantic visionary works, generally on a small scale. His work is in the Tate, the National Portrait Gallery, the Ashmolean and the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

      Cheffins
    • James Smetham (British, 1821–1889) Geese in a landscape signed lower left "J Smetham"sold
      Sep. 12, 2018

      James Smetham (British, 1821–1889) Geese in a landscape signed lower left "J Smetham"

      Est: £600 - £800

      James Smetham (British, 1821–1889) Geese in a landscape signed lower left "J Smetham" oil on canvas h:30 w:47 cm Provenance: Presumably Christie's, 25th July 1975, lot 10 Other Notes: James Smetham was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter and engraver, close to Dante Gabriel Rossetti. He was born in Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, and attended school in Leeds. He studied at the Royal Academy, beginning in 1843, and painted romantic visionary works, generally on a small scale. His work is in the Tate, the National Portrait Gallery, the Ashmolean and the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

      Cheffins
    • JAMES SMETHAM | Piping Down the Valleyssold
      Jul. 12, 2018

      JAMES SMETHAM | Piping Down the Valleys

      Est: £4,000 - £6,000

      oil on board

      Sotheby's
    • JAMES SMETHAM | The Chasesold
      Dec. 15, 2016

      JAMES SMETHAM | The Chase

      Est: £1,000 - £1,500

      oil on panel

      Sotheby's
    • James Smetham (1821-1889) Young men and women outside a cottage 3 x 4in.sold
      Sep. 21, 2016

      James Smetham (1821-1889) Young men and women outside a cottage 3 x 4in.

      Est: £400 - £600

      James Smetham (1821-1889) watercolour Young men and women outside a cottage monogrammed and dated 1846 3 x 4in.

      Gorringes
    • JAMES SMETHAM | Pandorasold
      Dec. 17, 2015

      JAMES SMETHAM | Pandora

      Est: £10,000 - £15,000

      oil on canvas

      Sotheby's
    • JAMES SMETHAM | Scraps from Sketchbookssold
      Jul. 15, 2015

      JAMES SMETHAM | Scraps from Sketchbooks

      Est: £6,000 - £8,000

      some pencil, others pen and ink, chalk, watercolour and bodycolour

      Sotheby's
    • James Smetham (1821-1889) "PAGAN RITES" signed and dated 1867; with gallery label verso oil on panel 29 x 39.5cms; 11 1/2 x 15 1/2in.sold
      Jun. 17, 2014

      James Smetham (1821-1889) "PAGAN RITES" signed and dated 1867; with gallery label verso oil on panel 29 x 39.5cms; 11 1/2 x 15 1/2in.

      Est: £400 - £600

      James Smetham (1821-1889) "PAGAN RITES" signed and dated 1867; with gallery label verso oil on panel 29 x 39.5cms; 11 1/2 x 15 1/2in.

      Anderson-Garland
    • James Smetham (1821 - 1889), fascinatingsold
      Jun. 19, 2013

      James Smetham (1821 - 1889), fascinating

      Est: £500 - £700

      James Smetham (1821 - 1889), fascinating collection of items relating to the artist, including an oil on board in gilt frame - portrait of his two daughters Nellie and Edie, shelling peas in a garden, 20.5cm x 16.5cm, an oval portrait miniature watercolour of his wife Sarah, in ebonised frame, 9cm x 7.5cm, another miniature portrait believed to be his wife, an oval watercolour miniature portrait of a gentleman wearing grey coat, in ebonised frame, 10.5cm x 8.5cm, a pencil and wash sketch of a gentleman and one other of a country house. Also included is Smetham's tin cased finger paint box (which he used for illustrations in the margins of books), contained in an oval box with remnants of shagreen, a sepia photograph of Smetham's birth place at Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, is also included along with two other photographs and a copy of 'Letters of James Smetham', 1891, a letter from the Tate Gallery and other related ephemera makes up the group. An interesting lot. Provenance: From the estate of the late Prynne Hutton - wife of Wilfred Smetham Hutton, Grandson to James Smetham

      Reeman Dansie
    • JAMES SMETHAM (BRITISH 1821-1889) CHRIST AT EMMAUS 50cm x 39cm (19.7in x 15.4in)sold
      Nov. 01, 2011

      JAMES SMETHAM (BRITISH 1821-1889) CHRIST AT EMMAUS 50cm x 39cm (19.7in x 15.4in)

      Est: £4,000 - £6,000

      JAMES SMETHAM (BRITISH 1821-1889) CHRIST AT EMMAUS Oil on panel, arched top 50cm x 39cm (19.7in x 15.4in)

      Lyon & Turnbull
    • JAMES SMETHAM (BRITISH 1821-1889) THE ROSE OF DAWN 61cm x 35cm (24in x 13.8in)sold
      Nov. 01, 2011

      JAMES SMETHAM (BRITISH 1821-1889) THE ROSE OF DAWN 61cm x 35cm (24in x 13.8in)

      Est: £4,000 - £6,000

      JAMES SMETHAM (BRITISH 1821-1889) THE ROSE OF DAWN Signed, oil on canvas 61cm x 35cm (24in x 13.8in)

      Lyon & Turnbull
    • James Smetham (1821-1889) Tales from the sea, 9.5 x 15.5in.sold
      Sep. 08, 2011

      James Smetham (1821-1889) Tales from the sea, 9.5 x 15.5in.

      Est: £400 - £600

      James Smetham (1821-1889) oil on wooden panel, Tales from the sea, signed and dated 1868, 9.5 x 15.5in.

      Gorringes
    • James Smetham (1821-1889)sold
      Nov. 17, 2010

      James Smetham (1821-1889)

      Est: £1,500 - £2,500

      James Smetham (1821-1889) Saul "hiding among the stuff" signed and dated '1866/J.Smetham' (lower right) and with inscription 'Saul "hiding among the stuff."' (on an old label attached to the reverse) pen and brown ink, watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic 5¼ x 4 7/8 in. (13.3 x 12.4 cm.)

      Christie's
    • James Smetham/Sir Galahad Starts Out on the Questsold
      Sep. 23, 2010

      James Smetham/Sir Galahad Starts Out on the Quest

      Est: £600 - £800

      James Smetham/Sir Galahad Starts Out on the Quest for the Holy Grail/oil on board, 11cm x 30.5cm (4.5" x 12")

      Chorley's
    • James Smetham (1821-1889)sold
      Jun. 16, 2010

      James Smetham (1821-1889)

      Est: £4,000 - £6,000

      James Smetham (1821-1889) A wayfarer resting by a lake signed and dated 'J. Smetham. 1865' (lower left) pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with white, and with scratching out on paper 4 7/8 x 6¾ in. (12.3 x 17.2 cm.)

      Christie's
    • Attributed to James Smetham (1821-1889) "Gravesold
      Apr. 03, 2009

      Attributed to James Smetham (1821-1889) "Grave

      Est: £250 - £350

      Attributed to James Smetham (1821-1889) "Grave Scene in Hamlet" Extensively inscribed verso "I have his life, another book of essays, also 2 other pictures....", oil on board, 11cm by 30.5cm The son of a Wesleyan minister, he began painting portraits in Shropshire. He went to London in 1843 and studied at the Royal Academy Schools.

      Tennants
    • [ Oil Painting ]sold
      Jan. 27, 2009

      [ Oil Painting ]

      Est: £800 - £1,200

      JAMES SMETHAM (BRITISH, 1821-1889), "Miranda", portrait of a young woman , labelled verso, canvas. 24" x 20". Good quality gilt gesso frame.

      Peter Francis
    • Attributed to James Smetham (1821-1889) Eve andsold
      Jul. 16, 2008

      Attributed to James Smetham (1821-1889) Eve and

      Est: £500 - £700

      Attributed to James Smetham (1821-1889) Eve and the serpent Oil on canvas 92 x 61cm; 36 x 24in Lined, restored

      Woolley & Wallis
    • Attributed to James Smetham (1821-1889) Eve andsold
      Apr. 02, 2008

      Attributed to James Smetham (1821-1889) Eve and

      Est: -

      Attributed to James Smetham (1821-1889) Eve and the serpent Oil on canvas 92 x 61cm; 36 x 24in Lined, restored 1000-1500

      Woolley & Wallis
    • James Smetham (British, 1821-1889) Tales from the seasold
      Oct. 30, 2007

      James Smetham (British, 1821-1889) Tales from the sea

      Est: £600 - £800

      Tales from the sea signed and dated 'J.Smetham. 1868' (lower right) oil on panel 24 x 40 1/2cm (9 7/16 x 15 3/4in).

      Bonhams
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