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Arthur Elsley, Hard Pressed (Any Port in a Storm/Late for School)

Arthur Elsley

British · 1860–1952 · Painter

Arthur John Elsley (1860–1952) was an English painter of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods, famous for his idyllic genre scenes of playful children and their pets. He… (Wikipedia)

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  1. THE BLACKSMITHWhyte's · €10,000≈ $11,381≈ £8,392Sign up to see

Arthur Elsley’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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THE BLACKSMITH
Whyte's · May 26, 2025
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Arthur Elsley, Best of Friends, 1886, oil on canvas
Best of Friends, 1886
Bonhams · Oct 22, 2025
Arthur Elsley, The Foster Mother, Oil on canvas
The Foster Mother
Jackson's International Auctioneers · Nov 13, 2012

Works in museum collections

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Arthur Elsley, Hard Pressed (Any Port in a Storm/Late for School)
Hard Pressed (Any Port in a Storm/Late for School)1898
Dallas Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Dallas Museum of Art
Arthur Elsley, A Harbour Scene
A Harbour Scene1904
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

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