William Joseph Shayer: career timeline

British · 1811–1892 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 8 of 18 lots (44% 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.

William Joseph Shayer: 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	2	0	—	Oil
1850s	2	2	$3.1kSign up	Oil
1860s	2	2	$3.5kSign up	Oil
1880s	1	1	$483Sign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1840s 2 works

Sold: 0 of 2
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 37 × 27.5 in (94 × 70 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: —

1842 Noonday Rest -Unsold · sold 2×
1849 Fisher FolkUnsold

1850s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $3.1kSign up
Average: $3.1kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 19.5 in (35 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: —

1860s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $3.5kSign up
Average: $3.5kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 21.5 in (53 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

1863 Two Works: "The Right Sort" and "The Early Delivery" 1863$2kSign up
1864 Gothic church ruins in the forest$4.9kSign up

1880s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $483Sign up
Average: $483Sign up
Typical size: 6 × 9 in (15 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1)

1885 HUNTSMEN AT A VILLAGE INN$483Sign up

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 2010s 5 works

Sold: 3 of 5
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $2.4kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 13 in (26 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Watercolor (1), Other (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

sold 2014 Pferdeporträt im Stall$3.5kSign up
sold 2014 Pair of Coastal ScenesUnsold
sold 2016 Set of five fox hunting vignettes$1.8kSign up
sold 2016 The Travellers' Rest$1.9kSign up
sold 2017 The Halfway HouseUnsold · sold 2×

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $2.2kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 27 in (54 × 68 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: —

sold 2024 Travelers Resting at a Country InnResult not published
sold 2024 The Brighton to London Royal Mail$4.7kSign up
sold 2024 A grey dapple and a chestnut in a country park$1.4kSign up
sold 2025 On the trail; The huntsman's call, a pair$547Sign 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 William Joseph Shayer auction results →