Frederic William Burton
Irish · 1816–1900 · Painter
Sir Frederic William Burton was an Irish Victorian painter, mainly in watercolour, and curator who was the third director of the National Gallery, London for 20 years from 1874. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Portrait of John Anster FitzgeraldMorgan O'Driscoll · €5,000≈ $6,120≈ £4,404Sign up to see
Faust and MargueriteMorgan O'Driscoll · €3,800≈ $4,166≈ £3,316Sign up to see
Portrait of a Young Woman, Probably Miss Annie CallwellMorgan O'Driscoll · €2,300≈ $2,809≈ £1,987Sign up to see
Frederic William Burton’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).
Price trend
1 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 2 | 1 | 50% | $500Sign up | $500Sign up | $500Sign up |
| Oil | 2 | 1 | 50% | $500Sign up | $500Sign up | $500Sign up |
| Works on paper | 15 | 7 | 47% | $2.7kSign up | $2.3kSign up | $6.1kSign up |
| Watercolor | 14 | 6 | 43% | $2.7kSign up | $1.8kSign up | $6.1kSign up |
| Drawing | 1 | 1 | 100% | $2.8kSign up | $2.8kSign up | $2.8kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.