Lawson Wood Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Lawson Wood Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 30, 2026
Lawson Wood – Prehistoric Vehicle Original Watercolor, 1903
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Lawson Wood – Prehistoric Vehicle Original Watercolor, 1903 Artist: Lawson Wood (1878–1957)Title: Prehistoric VehicleYear: 1903Medium: Watercolor and pencil on paperImage Size: 19.5 × 13.7 inches (49.5 × 34.8 cm)Framed Size: 25.2 × 19.3 inches (64 × 49 cm)Frame: Oak framed and glazedSigned: “Lawson Wood. 03”, lower left A wonderfully humorous early prehistoric fantasy by Lawson Wood, depicting Stone Age characters employing an ingenious primitive vehicle. Painted in 1903, the work predates Wood's celebrated Prehistoric Proverbs and already displays the combination of cavemen, dinosaurs, invention and visual comedy that became an important part of his career. The composition is particularly interesting as an earlier treatment of imagery Wood developed further for Prehistoric Proverbs: Quaint Ways in Quaint Days, published by Collier & Co. in 1907 as a series of twelve color plates. Wood became particularly celebrated for these comic prehistoric scenes, transforming modern activities and inventions into wonderfully absurd Stone Age equivalents. Artist: Lawson Wood Lawson Wood (1878–1957) was a prominent British illustrator, cartoonist and poster artist whose work appeared in Punch, The Graphic, The Strand Magazine, The Illustrated London News and The Boy’s Own Paper. His books included Prehistoric Proverbs, The Bow-Wow Book, Rummy Tales, The Noo-Zoo Tales, Jolly Rhymes and Meddlesome Monkeys. Wood became internationally famous for his humorous prehistoric scenes, dinosaurs and animal characters, particularly his hugely popular chimpanzee Gran’pop, which appeared in books, magazines, postcards, calendars, advertising and even animated cartoons.
Oberon Auctions Ltd
Sep. 29, 2026
Lawson Wood 'Baker Sawdust Co" Christmas Advertisement Print
Est: $20 - $200
This framed vintage 1950's "Baker Sawdust Co" Christmas advertisement print was made by Lawson Wood. Measures approx 18" x 14.5"
Lee M Fox Auctions
Sep. 03, 2026
WOOD, Lawson (1878 - 1957). Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus standee. 1944.
Est: $100 - $200
WOOD, Lawson (1878 - 1957). Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus standee. 1944. Diecut standee featuring Wood's whimsical illustration of an elephant and monkeys dressed as clowns. Franklin Field date label applied lower center. 22 x 17 1/2".
Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
Sep. 03, 2026
WOOD, Lawson (1878 - 1957). Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus / [Monkeys and Elephant].
Est: $100 - $150
WOOD, Lawson (1878 - 1957). Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus / [Monkeys and Elephant]. Chicago: Empire Poster Co., ca. 1960s. Offset lithograph window card poster advertising an appearance at Madison Square Garden. 22 x 14".
Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
Jun. 18, 2026
Lawson Wood, (1878-1957), Winter trek. 1908.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Lawson Wood (1878-1957) Winter trek. 1908. Watercolor on board. Signed and dated in lower left.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 25, 2026
Lawson WOOD (1878-1957), Children with dolls, signed and dated 1914
Est: €300 - €500
Lawson WOOD (1878-1957), Children with dolls, signed and dated 1914 Lawson WOOD (1878-1957), Kinderen met poppen, getekend en gedateerd 1914
Maison Jules Veilinghuis
Mar. 06, 2026
Lawson WOOD (1878-1957). Le clou.
Est: €5 - €10
Lawson WOOD (1878-1957). Le clou. Chromolithographie. 23 x 17 cm
Les Andelys Enchères
Jan. 21, 2026
ARR CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD RI (BRITISH 1878 - 1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION
Est: £400 - £600
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD RI (BRITISH 1878 - 1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION Titled " Gran pop's Wisecracks", inscribed to the back and signed to the bottom left. (46.5cm high and 37cm wide)
Hutchinson Scott Limited
Jan. 21, 2026
ARR CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD RI ( BRITISH 1878 - 1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION
Est: £400 - £600
ARR CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION titled "Swing Fever - A Flat Minor" - signed to the bottom left. (48 cm high and 36 cm wide )
Hutchinson Scott Limited
Jan. 14, 2026
LAWSON WOOD (1878-1957) Three coloured prints of Apes in a common frame, each 23 x 16cm
Est: £20 - £30
LAWSON WOOD (1878-1957) Three coloured prints of Apes in a common frame, each 23 x 16cm
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Dec. 09, 2025
LAWSON WOOD (1878-1957) Three coloured prints of Apes in a common frame, each 23 x 16cm
Est: £30 - £50
LAWSON WOOD (1878-1957) Three coloured prints of Apes in a common frame, each 23 x 16cm
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Sep. 24, 2025
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD (BRITISH 1878-1957)
Est: £400 - £600
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD (BRITISH 1878-1957) GRANPOP GOES MODERN - AND REDECORATES HIS FLAT Watercolour, signed 39cm high x 31cm wide
Lyon & Turnbull
Sep. 20, 2025
Cartoon Animals Print Set Poster Lawson Wood Chimps Pigs
Est: £90 - £180
Set of 4 small size original vintage humorous poster prints designed by an English painter, illustrator and designer Lawson Wood (1878-1957). 1. Raising the Wind by featuring a fun and colourful illustration depicting two chimpanzees sitting in a green bucket, rowing with a spade and blowing air into a handkerchief tied to a rake. Good condition, creasing, tear on bottom edge, minor staining, attached to grey card by top edge. Country of issue: UK, designer: Lawson Wood, size (cm): 28x20, year of printing: 1930s; 2. Kiss Her For Me featuring a fun and colourful illustration depicting a monkey giving a banana to a bear asking to kiss another monkey in a tree branch. Good condition, creasing, minor staining, attached to grey card by top edge. Country of issue: UK, designer: Lawson Wood, size (cm): 28x20, year of printing: 1930s; 3. See Me Dance The Porker by an English painter, illustrator and designer Lawson Wood (1878-1957) featuring a fun and colourful illustration depicting a monkey dancing with a pig and a bear ringing a bell and drumming on a bucket with a brush. Good condition, creasing, tears on bottom edge, minor staining, attached to grey card by top edge. Country of issue: UK, designer: Lawson Wood, size (cm): 28x20, year of printing: 1930s; 4. A Love Game featuring a fun and colourful illustration depicting a couple of rabbits sitting on a tennis racket. Good condition, creasing, tears on bottom edge, minor staining, attached to grey card by top edge. Country of issue: UK, designer: Lawson Wood, size (cm): 27x22, year of printing: 1930s.
Antikbar Original Vintage Posters
Jul. 17, 2025
Lawson Wood, British 1878-1957, Monkey Riding an Elephant, Print
Est: $50 - $500
Lawson Wood British, 1878-1957 Monkey Riding an Elephant Print Signed in print. Together with pressed flowers and butterflies, Chinese calligraphy, and an abstract figure, signed in pencil. 4 pieces.
Nye & Company
Jun. 12, 2025
Lawson Wood, British 1878-1957, Monkey Riding an Elephant, Print
Est: $200 - $400
Lawson Wood British, 1878-1957 Monkey Riding an Elephant Print Signed in print. Together with pressed flowers and butterflies, Chinese calligraphy, and an abstract figure, signed in pencil. 4 pieces.
Nye & Company
May. 22, 2025
WOOD, Lawson (English, 1878-1957). Color Lithograph Standee...
Est: $150 - $300
WOOD, Lawson (English, 1878-1957). Color Lithograph Standee and Poster for Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey, the “Admission 2 Nuts” Design. [V.p., ca. 1943, ca. 1960s]. Cardboard standee (1943) 20 ¼ x 27”. Poster (ca. 1960s) 28 x 41”. Both unbacked, poster is rolled. Both soiled, worn, poster creased, chipped, with marginal tears, inkstamp on front of standee. Generally B-.
Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
May. 22, 2025
WOOD, Lawson (1878 – 1957). Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bai...
Est: $100 - $200
WOOD, Lawson (1878 – 1957). Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. 1944. Offset lithograph. 10 ¼ x 7 ½”. Paper. Small label applied on verso. A/A-.
Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
May. 22, 2025
WOOD, Lawson (1878 – 1957). Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bai...
Est: $100 - $200
WOOD, Lawson (1878 – 1957). Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. 1944. Cardboard standee with Wood’s humorous circus design. 8 ½ x 6 ½”. With paper label retained on verso.
Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
May. 09, 2025
Wood Lawson - Gran'Pop - A brother in distress, 1935
Est: €450 - €800
watercolor on thin cardboard 23,5 x 35 cm Preliminary drawing made by the English artist Lawson for one of his famous postcards from the "Gran'Pop" series in 1935. Slight crease at the lower margin. Signed.
Finarte
May. 06, 2025
Lawson Wood (Engels, 1878-1957)
Est: €400 - €600
De buit gaat naar de overwinnaar / To the victor belong the spoils , gesigneerd en gedateerd 'Lawson Wood 14' (linksonder), potlood en gouache, 38x33 cm (met lijst: 55,5x49,5 cm), Herkomst:- Noordeinde, Den Haag,
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Feb. 12, 2025
Wood (Lawson, 1878-1926). Dinosaur and Caveman, 1907
Est: £300 - £400
Wood (Lawson, 1878-1926). Dinosaur and Caveman, 1907 AR * Wood (Lawson, 1878-1926). Dinosaur and Caveman, 1907, watercolour with pen and ink on board, signed and dated lower left, 51 x 35.5 cm (20 x 14 ins), period oak frame, glazed QTY: (1) NOTE: Lawson Wood was a talented illustrator and cartoonist. He gained great popularity with his humorous illustrations of animals, including dinosaurs and monkeys. Lawson's first prehistoric characters were published in his Prehistoric Proverbs, 1907, a series of 12 drawings published by Collier & Co.
Dominic Winter Auctions
Jan. 23, 2025
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION
Est: £500 - £800
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION titled "Gran Pop Separates All In Bout" - signed (44.5cm high 34.5cm wide)
Hutchinson Scott Limited
Jan. 23, 2025
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION
Est: £500 - £800
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION titled "Gran Pop Learns Them To Gargle" - signed (44.5cm high 34.5cm wide)
Hutchinson Scott Limited
Jan. 23, 2025
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION
Est: £500 - £800
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION titled "Lets call it a day" depicting monkeys, dog and pig - signed. (38cm high 30cm wide)
Hutchinson Scott Limited
Jan. 23, 2025
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION
Est: £500 - £800
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION titled "Gran Pop Does A Bit Of Plumbing With His Mate" - signed (44.5cm high 34.5cm wide)
Hutchinson Scott Limited
Jan. 23, 2025
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION
Est: £500 - £800
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION titled "A Hunting We Will Go" - signed (44.5cm high 34cm wide)
Hutchinson Scott Limited
Jan. 23, 2025
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION
Est: £500 - £800
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION depicting two monkeys playing a wind instrument - signed (48cm high 36cm wide)
Hutchinson Scott Limited
Jan. 23, 2025
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION
Est: £500 - £800
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION titled "A Great Suprise Is Coming To You" - signed (44.5cm high 34cm wide)
Hutchinson Scott Limited
Jan. 23, 2025
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION
Est: £500 - £800
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION titled "Bananas When Granpa Was Young" - signed (44.5cm high 32.5cm wide )
Hutchinson Scott Limited
Jan. 23, 2025
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION
Est: £500 - £800
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION titled "Everybody's Feeling Bucked" - signed (43cm high 29.5cm wide)
Hutchinson Scott Limited
Jan. 23, 2025
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION
Est: £500 - £800
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION titled "Say! Anybody Seen My Mouse?" - signed (43cm high 32cm wide)
Hutchinson Scott Limited
Jan. 23, 2025
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION
Est: £500 - £800
CLARENCE LAWSON WOOD, RI (1878-1957) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND INK CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION titled "Gran Pop's Wisecracks" - signed (46cm high 37cm wide)
Hutchinson Scott Limited
Dec. 13, 2024
Wood (Lawson, 1878-1957). "Urgent call", watercolour and gouache
Est: £400 - £600
Wood (Lawson, 1878-1957). "Urgent call", watercolour and gouache AR * Wood (Lawson, 1878-1957). "Urgent call", watercolour and gouache on paper laid onto board, depicting Gran'pop standing in a hole digging, another monkey running towards him with a phone in his hand, the cable pulled from the wall trailing behind him, signed lower right, title and 'Made in England' in blue ink to verso, brown paper guard, sheet size 38 x 30.5 cm QTY: (1) NOTE: This original illustration features as July in the 1956 John Crowley Boiler Works Inc. calendar, entitled 'A Long Distance Call'.
Dominic Winter Auctions
Dec. 13, 2024
Wood (Lawson, 1878-1926). Dinosaur and Caveman, 1907
Est: £400 - £600
Wood (Lawson, 1878-1926). Dinosaur and Caveman, 1907 AR * Wood (Lawson, 1878-1926). Dinosaur and Caveman, 1907, watercolour with pen and ink on board, signed and dated lower left, 51 x 35.5 cm (20 x 14 ins), period oak frame, glazed QTY: (1) NOTE: Lawson Wood was a talented illustrator and cartoonist. He gained great popularity with his humorous illustrations of animals, including dinosaurs and monkeys. Lawson's first prehistoric characters were published in his Prehistoric Proverbs, 1907, a series of 12 drawings published by Collier & Co.
Dominic Winter Auctions
Dec. 13, 2024
Wood (Lawson, 1878-1926). 'After Dinner Rest Awhile', 1906
Est: £400 - £600
Wood (Lawson, 1878-1926). 'After Dinner Rest Awhile', 1906 AR * Wood (Lawson, 1878-1926). 'After Dinner Rest Awhile', 1906, watercolour with pen and ink on board, signed and dated lower left, titled in ink lower right, 51 x 35.5 cm (20 x 14 ins), period oak frame, glazed QTY: (1) NOTE: Lawson Wood was a talented illustrator and cartoonist. He gained great popularity with his humorous illustrations of animals, including dinosaurs and monkeys. Lawson's first prehistoric characters were published in his Prehistoric Proverbs, 1907, a series of 12 drawings published by Collier & Co.
Dominic Winter Auctions
Nov. 22, 2024
Lawson Wood (1878-1957) Watercolour Golfing Primate
Est: $50 - $1,000
MAYBE IM COCK EYED BUT YOU SEE WHAT I'M DRIVING AT depicting ape / monkey attempting to swing a golf club at a fruit on a younger monkey's behind. Signed in lower left, some light foxing, but a great subject. Measuring approx 15" tall x 12" overall including frame and image sight size approx 10" tall x 7" wide. Great gift those golfers out there and collectible value to boot, see photos
Premier Auction Galleries
Nov. 10, 2024
LAWSON WOOD
Est: $100 - $150
The Old Nursery Rhymes, Illustrated by Lawson Wood. Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1933]. Foxing to text pages. Cloth dirty. A good copy.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Oct. 01, 2024
▲ Lawson Wood (1878-1957)
Est: £300 - £500
▲ Lawson Wood (1878-1957) 'Downhill a Motorist Came, and a Constable Noting the Same, Stopped the Car with a 'Wack', in the Small of His Back...' signed and dated 'LAWSON.WOOD./05' l.l., titled on mount, pen and ink and watercolour heightened with white 27.5 x 20.5cm Provenance: With Chris Beetles, London; The David and Pam McCleave Collection of Modern British Art. Exhibited: Chris Beetles, London, 'The British Art of Illustration, 1800-1999', no. 184. Literature: Illustrated in 'Pearson's Magazine', January to June 1906, 'Random Rhymes no. VI', p.229. Condition Report: Framed: 58 x 42.5cm Discolouration and foxing to the paper. Brown marks to the centre of the right edge. The colour is a little muted. Not viewed out of glazed frame.
Sworders
Sep. 10, 2024
Lawson Wood (British, 1878-1957), 'The 19th Hole', watercolour, 34.5 x 25cm
Est: £1,200 - £1,800
§ Lawson Wood (British, 1878-1957) 'The 19th Hole' watercolour signed and dated '18
Gorringes
Sep. 10, 2024
Lawson Wood (British, 1878-1957), 'A Bonny Game', watercolour, 40 x 30.5cm
Est: £1,200 - £1,800
§ Lawson Wood (British, 1878-1957) 'A Bonny Game' watercolour signed, with original artist's bill of sale verso
Gorringes
Sep. 10, 2024
Lawson Wood (British, 1878-1957), 'In the rough', watercolour, 35 x 25cm
Est: £1,200 - £1,800
§ Lawson Wood (British, 1878-1957) 'In the rough' watercolour signed and dated 1922
Gorringes
Sep. 08, 2024
LAWSON WOOD
Est: $40 - $80
A Bedtime Picture Book by Lawson Wood. Published by Birn Brothers, London circa 1944. large paperback. Creased corner worn spine. Juvenile
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Jun. 20, 2024
Wood (Lawson, 1878-1957). A Good Sprinter, 1908, watercolour
Est: £300 - £500
Wood (Lawson, 1878-1957). A Good Sprinter, 1908, watercolour AR * Wood (Lawson, 1878-1957). A Good Sprinter, 1908, watercolour, depicting a caveman running away from a green dinosaur, signed and dated lower right, some light toning, 34 x 25 cm mount aperture, remnants of artist's label with title, artist name, address and title, in brown ink, and title, artist's name and address written in pencil to verso, framed and glazed (54.5 x 45 cm) QTY: (1) NOTE: Lawson Wood was a talented illustrator and cartoonist. He gained great popularity with his humorous illustrations of animals, including dinosaurs and monkeys. Lawson's first prehistoric characters were published in his Prehistoric Proverbs, 1907, a series of 12 drawings published by Collier & Co.
Dominic Winter Auctions
May. 22, 2024
Lawson Wood (English, 1878-1957)
Est: £100 - £150
Lawson Wood (English, 1878-1957) "The Origins of Etiquette No.3 Leaving your Card", watercolour on Reeves "Steinback" board, signed lower right and dated (19)05, inscribed on reverse "Montmoreney de Smyth finds ye Baron Heavyfist not in ye castle when he maketh hys formal call concerning the Baron's heath - & it behoves him to leave - by the hands of hys valet - some solid proof of hys visit - with ye warden of the keep. From an old (very old) M.S.S.", stamp on reverse "To be returned to Lawson Wood Queen Anne's Grove, Bedford Park, W", gilded frame, 12¾ x 9½in. (32.4 x 24.1cm.).
Martel Maides
Apr. 10, 2024
‡ LAWSON WOOD (1878-1957) MONKEY HOSPITAL
Est: £200 - £300
‡ LAWSON WOOD (1878-1957) MONKEY HOSPITAL Signed Watercolour and gouache on paper unframed (46cm x 35.5cm)
Elstob Auctioneers
Feb. 10, 2024
Lawson WOOD: Circus Poster
Est: $200 - $300
Lawson Wood (British, 1878-1957) poster for Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus, depicting a monkey family and two nuts. [Art: 26" H x 39" W; Frame: 32" H x 45" W].
Roland Auctions NY
Feb. 06, 2024
LAWSON WOOD - The Spanking
Est: -
LAWSON WOOD London 1878 - Honiton 1957 The spanking. 1911 Watercolor on paper Signed and dated Measurements 450 x 275 mm
Subastas Segre
Jan. 27, 2024
1948 Montana Lawson Wood Calendar Book
Est: $25 - $50
Western Construction Equipment. Measures 6" by 3 1/4".
Davis Brothers Auction