William Sidney Cooper, The Thames, Basildon, Berkshire

William Sidney Cooper

British · 1854–1927 · Painter

William Sidney Cooper (1854–1927) was a British landscape artist, best known for his watercolour paintings of the countryside and farm animals around Herne Bay in Kent. (Wikipedia)

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Record prices

  1. William Sidney Cooper, At Herne, Kent, 1921, oil on canvasAt Herne, KentToovey's · £1,700≈ $2,536≈ €2,308Sign up to see
  2. William Sidney Cooper, Near Amberley, Sussex, 1921, oil on canvasNear Amberley, SussexToovey's · £1,300≈ $1,939≈ €1,765Sign up to see
  3. William Sidney Cooper, Sheep By A Loch, oil on canvasSheep By A LochOlympia Auctions · £1,200≈ $1,597≈ €1,373Sign up to see

William Sidney Cooper’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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Cattle walking through a village
Anderson & Garland · Dec 12, 2025
£110Sign up free to see
A flock of sheep in the shade
Anderson & Garland · Dec 12, 2025
£130Sign up free to see
William Sidney Cooper, Sheep By A Loch, oil on canvas
Sheep By A Loch
Olympia Auctions · Dec 10, 2025
£1,200Sign up free to see
William Sidney Cooper, Sheep resting; Cattle watering, oil on canvas
Sheep resting; Cattle watering
Bonhams · Sep 23, 2025
£1,152Sign up free to see
William Sidney Cooper, Sturry Marshes, Kent': sheep resting in a summer landscape, 1909, oil on canvas
Sturry Marshes, Kent': sheep resting in a summer landscape, 1909
Toovey's · Jun 11, 2025
£750Sign up free to see
William Sidney Cooper, At Strode Park, Kent; On The Stour
At Strode Park, Kent; On The Stour
Lawrences Auctioneers · Oct 18, 2023
£550Sign up free to see
William Sidney Cooper, Landscape with Cows and Stream with Lily Pads, 1889, Oil on canvas
Landscape with Cows and Stream with Lily Pads, 1889
Sloans & Kenyon · Sep 14, 2023
$1,400Sign up free to see
William Sidney Cooper, Near Amberley, Sussex, 1921, Watercolour
Near Amberley, Sussex, 1921
Elstob & Elstob · Jul 15, 2023
£150Sign up free to see
William Sidney Cooper, "Cattle And Sheep At Herne, Kent" And "At Herne, Kent" A Pair, 1926, Watercolour
"Cattle And Sheep At Herne, Kent" And "At Herne, Kent" A Pair, 1926
Elstob & Elstob · Feb 12, 2023
£320Sign up free to see
William Sidney Cooper, Cookham Common, 1895, Oil on canvas
Cookham Common, 1895
Clarke Auction Gallery · Apr 11, 2021
$450Sign up free to see
William Sidney Cooper, Milking Time, Nr Christchurch, oil on canvas
Milking Time, Nr Christchurch
Toovey's · Mar 18, 2020
£500Sign up free to see
William Sidney Cooper, Near Amberley, Sussex, 1921, oil on canvas
Near Amberley, Sussex, 1921
Toovey's · Mar 25, 2015
£1,300Sign up free to see
William Sidney Cooper, At Herne, Kent, 1921, oil on canvas
At Herne, Kent, 1921
Toovey's · Mar 25, 2015
£1,700Sign up free to see
WATERING CATTLE, 1914
Whyte's · Sep 28, 2009
€550Sign up free to see
William Sidney Cooper, Landscape with oxen
Landscape with oxen
Bertolami Fine Art · May 15, 2025

Works in museum collections

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

William Sidney Cooper, The Thames, Basildon, Berkshire
The Thames, Basildon, Berkshire1882
Reading Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Reading Museum
William Sidney Cooper, Whitchurch Hill, Oxfordshire
Whitchurch Hill, Oxfordshire1884
Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery
William Sidney Cooper, Herne Bay, Kent
Herne Bay, Kent1892
Canterbury Museums and Galleries ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Canterbury Museums and Galleries
William Sidney Cooper, Cattle Watering on the River Stour
Cattle Watering on the River Stour1893
Canterbury Museums and Galleries ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Canterbury Museums and Galleries
William Sidney Cooper, Cattle on a Bridge, Kent
Cattle on a Bridge, Kent1897
Canterbury Museums and Galleries ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Canterbury Museums and Galleries
William Sidney Cooper, Cattle
Cattle1904
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Cartwright Hall Art Gallery
William Sidney Cooper, Near Canterbury, Kent
Near Canterbury, Kent1904
Ferens Art Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Ferens Art Gallery
William Sidney Cooper, Sheep
Sheep1904
Cliffe Castle Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Cliffe Castle Museum

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