Thomas Balcombe: career timeline
1810–1861 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 18 of 23 lots (78% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 17 | 16 | $10.2kSign up | Drawing |
| 1860s | 1 | 1 | $16.1kSign up | Mixed media |
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1850s 17 works
- Sold
- 16 of 17
- Median
- $10.2kSign up
- Average
- $19.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 9.5 in (23 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (11), Other (2), Oil (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (4), Rivers & marshes (1), Landscapes (1)
c. 1850 (Men on Horseback) c1850sUnsold
c. 1850 Sketchbook 1850-57$60.8kSign up
1850 Portrait Study of a Male (Aboriginal Hunting) 1850$2.4kSign up
1851 The Mining Camp 1851$2.5kSign up
1851 Study of Three Men in a Mine c1851$6.1kSign up
1851 The Cradler 1851$3.6kSign up
1852 Scene in the Township of Sofala 1852$15.1kSign up
1852 Alfred Delves Broughton Weighing Gold for Escort, Commipinus Camp, Turon River, November 1851 1852$13.8kSign up
1852 (i) Slasher Insulted on the Road (ii)Slasher at Turon (iii)Slasher Says "Good-By" [sic] (3) (iv)Slasher Mining with Pickaxe (v)Slasher Washing and Sifting (vi)Slasher at Turon with Pipe and Conch (2) c1852$4.8kSign up
1852 Study for Graves at the Turon 1852$1.9kSign up
1852 Slasher Arriving, Digging for, and Finding Gold c1852$13.9kSign up
1853 Sketch of a Man, Horse, Dog and Kangaroo in Water Bank 1853$3kSign up
Show 5 more (1850s)
1853 Study for Aborigine Fishing by Torchlight c1853$6.5kSign up
1853 Gundaroo Natives 1853$20.8kSign up
1853 Untitled (Aborigine Fishing) c1853$71.6kSign up
1853 Untitled (Aborigines Fishing by Torchlight) c1853$62.7kSign up
1855 Self Portrait c1855$24.3kSign up
1860s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
5 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 2010s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $21.5kSign up
- Average
- $22.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 6 × 8.5 in (16 × 22 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (3), Oil (1), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1), Figures & portraits (1), Boats (1)
sold 2013 ABORIGINES FISHING BY TORCHLIGHT$27.8kSign up
sold 2015 Untitled (Aborigine Tending Campfire)$21.5kSign up
sold 2015 Untitled (Aborigines Fishing on a Lake)$32.2kSign up
sold 2015 Untitled (Aboriginal Figure on Riverbank)$21.5kSign up
sold 2015 Untitled (Coastal Scene with Tall Ships)$11.6kSign 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 Thomas Balcombe auction results →