John Mole, Cattle at a watering hole in a valley

John Mole

British · 1814–1886 · Painter, Draughtsman

John Henry Mole was an artist from Alnwick, Northumberland, in the north of England. He initially worked as a solicitor's clerk in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, before becoming a… (Wikipedia)

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Record prices

  1. John Mole, Near Home, 1842, watercolourNear HomeToovey's · £850≈ $1,268≈ €1,154Sign up to see
  2. John Mole, Rhyl North Wales, Watercolor.Rhyl North WalesSloans & Kenyon · $550≈ £355≈ €413Sign up to see
  3. John Mole, Mother And Child With Dog In An Extensive Landscape, watercolourMother And Child With Dog In An Extensive LandscapeOlympia Auctions · £180≈ $250≈ €208Sign up to see

John Mole’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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John Mole, Rocky Seaside Beach (a/f)
Rocky Seaside Beach (a/f)
Dunbar Sloane · Jun 10, 2026
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John Mole, Sketch With Cottages And Castle, 1851, pencil drawing of Cherrybrooke Bridge, Dartmoor Mole:
Sketch With Cottages And Castle, 1851
Elstob & Elstob · Feb 19, 2026
£50Sign up free to see
John Mole, The Faggot Gatherers, 1876, Watercolour Labels verso
The Faggot Gatherers, 1876
Elstob & Elstob · Mar 27, 2025
£100Sign up free to see
Children Fishing
Anderson & Garland · Dec 11, 2024
£80Sign up free to see
John Mole, Mother And Child With Dog In An Extensive Landscape, watercolour
Mother And Child With Dog In An Extensive Landscape
Olympia Auctions · May 6, 2021
£180Sign up free to see
John Mole, Near Home, 1842, watercolour
Near Home, 1842
Toovey's · Mar 25, 2015
£850Sign up free to see
John Mole, Rhyl North Wales, Watercolor.
Rhyl North Wales
Sloans & Kenyon · Feb 16, 2013
$550Sign up free to see
John Mole, Figures on a rocky shore, a castle in the distance, watercolour
Figures on a rocky shore, a castle in the distance
Bonhams · Mar 29, 2022
John Mole, Seaweed gatherers
Seaweed gatherers
Bonhams · May 25, 2016

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

John Mole, Cattle at a watering hole in a valley
Cattle at a watering hole in a valley1846–86 · Watercolor over graphite with gouache (bodycolor) and reductive techniques
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Tuggle, 2006 — Open Access (CC0)
John Mole, View from Craig-y-Barns, Dunkeld, Looking South
View from Craig-y-Barns, Dunkeld, Looking South1855
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · John Mole, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for British Art
John Mole, Study of a Cottage Interior
Study of a Cottage Interior
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · John Mole, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for British Art
John Mole, The Listeners
The Listeners1841
Laing Art Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Laing Art Gallery
John Mole, Near Tarbert, Loch Fyne, Argyll
Near Tarbert, Loch Fyne, Argyll
Gallery Oldham ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Gallery Oldham
John Mole, Abergavenny
Abergavenny
National Museum Cardiff ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Museum Cardiff

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