William Trost Richards: career timeline
American · 1833–1905 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 26 of 84 lots (30% 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 | 1 | 1 | $4.1kSign up | Drawing |
| 1860s | 3 | 3 | $19kSign up | Oil |
| 1870s | 7 | 5 | $12kSign up | Watercolor |
| 1880s | 2 | 2 | $5.9kSign up | Oil |
| 1890s | 7 | 6 | $11.5kSign up | Watercolor |
| 1900s | 4 | 4 | $10.2kSign up | Oil |
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1850s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $4.1kSign up
- Average
- $4.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 8.5 in (27 × 22 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- —
1853 two works (of Catskill Clove)$4.1kSign up
1860s 3 works
1870s 7 works
- Sold
- 5 of 7
- Median
- $12kSign up
- Average
- $13.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 13.5 in (23 × 35 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (4), Oil (3)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (2), Sunsets & night (1), Landscapes (1)
1871 Sunrise at Newport$10.9kSign up
1872 Snow Storm, Atlantic City$17.9kSign up · sold 2×
1874 Fort Dumpling, Conanicut Island$16.6kSign up
1875 Rocky Coastline with Grazing Sheep$8.2kSign up · sold 2×
1878 Cows in a PastureUnsold
1878 Conanicut Island Newport, circa 1875-Result not published
c. 1878 Pastoral Landscape$12kSign up
1880s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $5.9kSign up
- Average
- $5.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 16.5 in (23 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1), Beach scenes (1)
1883 Cliffs off Rhode Island$10.3kSign up
1889 A New Jersey Beach$1.4kSign up
1890s 7 works
- Sold
- 6 of 7
- Median
- $11.5kSign up
- Average
- $11.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 24.5 in (39 × 62 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (3), Oil (2), Etching (1)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (4), Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1890 Crashing Waves$20kSign up
1891 A Summer Afternoon, Newport, Rhode Island$7.5kSign up
1891 Breaking the WavesUnsold
1891 Carrigan Head Ireland$750Sign up
1894 On the Coast of Wales$25.6kSign up
1897 Scalda Ness, Shetland$1.4kSign up
1897 A Rocky Coast, 1897; Early Morning Tide, 1893 (a pair)$15.5kSign up
1900s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $10.2kSign up
- Average
- $10.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 18 × 29.5 in (46 × 75 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2), Watercolor (2)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (2), Sunsets & night (1)
1900 Seascape$16kSign up
1903 Sunset, Narragansett Bay$4.4kSign up
1903 Rocky Coast$2.6kSign up
1904 St. Margaret's Well, Cornwall$20kSign up
Creation date not recorded
56 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 2000s 10 works
- Sold
- 5 of 10
- Median
- $4.8kSign up
- Average
- $13.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 23.5 in (35 × 60 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (4), Oil (3), Gouache (2)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (4), Boats (2)
sold 2004 Rocky Seascape$47kSign up
sold 2005 Ship Near LighthouseUnsold
sold 2006 Coast of CornwallUnsold
sold 2006 Land’s End$3.5kSign up
sold 2006 Land’s EndUnsold
sold 2007 Rocky Coast$4.8kSign up
Show 4 more (2000s)
sold 2008 Autumn by a Pond$9.6kSign up
sold 2008 Ship Near Lighthouse$2.9kSign up
sold 2009 Coastal cliffs 22 3/4 x 37inUnsold
sold 2009 Afternoon at BarringtonUnsold
Undated, sold in the 2010s 22 works
- Sold
- 15 of 22
- Median
- $6.5kSign up
- Average
- $20.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 17.5 in (27 × 44 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (16), Watercolor (3), Other (2)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (8), Beach scenes (3), Boats (1)
sold 2010 Seascape; Cornish Coast (2)Unsold
sold 2010 Early Spring, Germantown$3.7kSign up
sold 2010 Deal, New Jersey Coastal Landscape$3.5kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2011 New Jersey coastUnsold
sold 2011 Crashing wavesUnsold
sold 2011 Cornish coastlineUnsold
Show 6 more (2010s)
sold 2012 Ship Near Lighthouse$2.1kSign up
sold 2012 Isle of Saik$6kSign up
sold 2013 Off a Calm Beach$4.7kSign up
sold 2013 Coastal Landscape$9.5kSign up
sold 2013 Thunderheads Over Beach with Breaking Waves$44.4kSign up
sold 2014 Moye Point, Guernsey, Channel Islands$15.2kSign up
…and 10 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 24 works
- Sold
- 19 of 24
- Median
- $5.9kSign up
- Average
- $10.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 16 in (25 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (16), Watercolor (7), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (7), Landscapes (5), Sunsets & night (3)
sold 2020 Seascape$4.5kSign up
sold 2022 Waves Breaking Against a Rocky Shore$7.7kSign up
sold 2022 Landscape at Canaan, Connecticut$2.2kSign up
sold 2022 Waves CrashingResult not published
sold 2023 Summer LandscapeUnsold
sold 2023 UntitledResult not published
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2023 Norwegian Fjord$4.3kSign up
sold 2024 The Stream$17kSign up
sold 2024 Conanicut$18kSign up
sold 2024 Conanicut$12kSign up
sold 2024 Sunset Seascape$600Sign up
sold 2024 Seascape$6.3kSign up
…and 12 more works from this group in the full results list.
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 Trost Richards auction results →