John Henry Foley: career timeline

Irish · 1818–1874 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 11 of 20 lots (55% 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.

John Henry Foley: 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
1840s	1	0	—	Sculpture
1850s	5	5	$5.5kSign up	Sculpture
1860s	5	4	$6kSign up	Sculpture

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1840s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 7 × 8 in (18 × 20 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1846 BOY AT A STREAMUnsold

1850s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $5.5kSign up
Average: $5.5kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 19.5 in (32 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (5)
Subjects: —

1860s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $6kSign up
Average: $5.9kSign up
Typical size: 20.5 × 9 in (51 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (5)
Subjects: —

Creation date not recorded

9 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 2000s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $6.1kSign up
Average: $9.5kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Sculpture (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2005 EDMUND BURKE and OLIVER GOLDSMITH (A PAIR)$20.6kSign up
sold 2006 EDMUND BURKE$6.1kSign up
sold 2009 The Homeless Wanderer$1.8kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $6.5kSign up
Average: $8.1kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 8 in (48 × 20 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2016 STATUES OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH & EDMUND BURKE (A PAIR)$6.5kSign up
sold 2018 EDMUND BURKE$6.3kSign up
sold 2018 OLIVER GOLDSMITH$11.6kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $2.9kSign up
Average: $2.8kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 7.5 in (55 × 19 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2023 impressive late 19th century patinated bronze figure of Oliver Goldsmith$4.7kSign up
sold 2023 'A Youth At The Stream'$787Sign up
sold 2026 YOUTH AT THE STREAM$2.9kSign 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 John Henry Foley auction results →