Robert Alexander Hillingford, Duke of Marlborough signing the Despatch at Blenheim

Robert Alexander Hillingford

British · 1825–1904 · Painter

British artist (1828–1904)

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17lots offered2009–2026years recorded56%sold (9)$3.1kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Robert Alexander Hillingford, The defence of the farmhouse at Hougoumont at the Battle of Waterloo, oil on canvasThe defence of the farmhouse at Hougoumont at the Battle of WaterlooBonhams · £11,520≈ $14,585≈ €13,895Sign up to see
  2. Robert Alexander Hillingford, The Duke of Wellington in Portugal directing a popular defence, 1809, circa 1880s, Oil on canvasThe Duke of Wellington in Portugal directing a popular defence, 1809, circa 1880sCircle Auction · $7,000≈ £5,406≈ €6,498Sign up to see
  3. Robert Alexander Hillingford, The Dunmow Flitch, oil on canvasThe Dunmow FlitchBonhams · $5,120≈ £3,850≈ €4,456Sign up to see

Robert Alexander Hillingford’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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Average price
median $3.1kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
9
of 16 offered · 2009–2026
Sell-through
56%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$316$1k$3k$10k$32k201120132015201720192021202320252009-10-02 · $3,1402019-11-19 · $1,4032022-10-19 · $1,7982023-11-18 · $4,7952024-11-09 · $7,0002024-12-11 · $4842025-02-25 · $14,5852026-03-19 · $5,1202026-09-16 · $1,144
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

1 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings16956%$4.4kSign up$3.1kSign up$14.6kSign up
Oil16956%$4.4kSign up$3.1kSign up$14.6kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202622$3.1kSign up
202521$14.6kSign up
202422$3.7kSign up
202311$4.8kSign up
202211$1.8kSign up
202020—Sign up
201921$1.4kSign up
201830—Sign up
200911$3.1kSign up

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