Savile Lumley, Daddy, What Did You Do in the Great War?

Savile Lumley

British · 1876–1960 · Illustrator

John Savile Lumley (1876–1960) was a prolific English book illustrator, and poster designer best known for his 1915 war recruitment poster Daddy, what did you do in the Great War? (Wikipedia)

2auction results2018–2023years recorded100%sold (2)$430Sign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Savile Lumley, DADDY WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE GREAT WARDADDY WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE GREAT WARBonhams · £638≈ $785≈ €714Sign up to see
  2. Savile Lumley, At Etretat, 1875, oil on panelAt EtretatToovey's · £60≈ $76≈ €68Sign up to see

Savile Lumley’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 $430free account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
2
of 2 offered · 2018–2023
Sell-through
100%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$32$100$316$1k201920202021202220232018-10-31 · $762023-02-02 · $785
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.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings11100%$76Sign up$76Sign up$76Sign up
Oil11100%$76Sign up$76Sign up$76Sign up
Other11100%$785Sign up$785Sign up$785Sign 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
202311$785Sign up
201811$76Sign up

Related artists — British, born 1851–1901