![John Absolon, View in the East Nave; The Greek Slave, by Power [sic], from "Recollections of the Great Exhibition, 1851"](/img/museum/cmulg63w00c4v9qa5r7cqvoec/thumb "View in the East Nave; The Greek Slave, by Power [sic], from \"Recollections of the Great Exhibition, 1851\" — The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Anne Stern Gift, 1976 — Open Access (CC0)")
John Absolon
British · 1815–1895 · Painter, Printmaker
John Absolon was a British watercolourist, specialising in figure painting. He studied in London and then Paris. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
An excursion to Isola dei Pescatore, Lago MaggioreBonhams · £938≈ $1,152≈ €1,049Sign up to see
UntitledSworders · £350≈ $445≈ €381Sign up to see
RED COSTUMED MALE FIGURELyon & Turnbull · £250≈ $334≈ €294Sign up to see
John Absolon’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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Chorley's · Apr 21, 2026
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Elstob & Elstob · Sep 24, 2025
£150Sign up free to see
Elstob & Elstob · Mar 27, 2025
£160Sign up free to see
Bonhams · Sep 17, 2024
£154Sign up free to see
Lyon & Turnbull · Nov 30, 2021
£250Sign up free to see
Toovey's · Oct 28, 2020
£42Sign up free to see
Sworders · Sep 23, 2020
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Bonhams · Oct 19, 2016
£938Sign up free to see
Works in museum collections
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![John Absolon, View in the East Nave; The Greek Slave, by Power [sic], from "Recollections of the Great Exhibition, 1851"](/img/museum/cmulg63w00c4v9qa5r7cqvoec/card)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Anne Stern Gift, 1976 — Open Access…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Anne Stern Gift, 1976 — Open Access…
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · John Absolon, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · John Absolon, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · John Absolon, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · John Absolon, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for British Art