David Bates: career timeline

British · 1840–1921 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 9 of 21 lots (43% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

David Bates: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1870s	3	3	$344Sign up	Oil
1880s	2	1	$509Sign up	Oil
1900s	4	3	$182Sign up	Watercolor

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1870s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $344Sign up
Average: $363Sign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 12 in (24 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Other (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1880s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $509Sign up
Average: $509Sign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 23.5 in (40 × 59 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: —

1880 Anglers by the Lledr, North Wales$509Sign up
1881 Crossing the Country Bridge, ScotlandResult not published

1900s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $182Sign up
Average: $603Sign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 14.5 in (27 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (3), Oil (1)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (1)

1900 Untitled$182Sign up
1909 Flock of Sheep in a Landscape$1.5kSign up
1909 GOING HOME, AMBLESIDE, CUMBRIAUnsold
1909 GOING HOME, AMBLESIDE, CUMBRIA$153Sign up

Creation date not recorded

12 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $1kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 27 in (48 × 69 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2014 By Ways in Shakespeare's Country / The Island Below Stratford.$800Sign up
sold 2019 'A Welsh homestead'$1.2kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $505Sign up
Average: $46.4kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 19 in (35 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (3), Other (3), Oil (3)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (2), Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2020 Untitled$331Sign up
sold 2021 Untitled$189Sign up
sold 2022 Back To The Farmyard$155Sign up
sold 2022 Floral Still Life$250kSign up
sold 2023 Untitled$366Sign up
sold 2023 David Bates, Sketch for Anhinga, 1988$950Sign up

Show 4 more (2020s)

sold 2023 Untitled$37.1kSign up
sold 2026 Kenilworth Castle$201Sign up
sold 2026 Girl and Sheepdog Driving Cattle$643Sign up
sold 2026 Fall Fire$174kSign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All David Bates auction results →