Xanthus Russell Smith: career timeline
American · 1839–1929 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 13 of 29 lots (45% 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 | $3.4kSign up | Oil |
| 1860s | 4 | 4 | $2kSign up | Drawing |
| 1870s | 6 | 4 | $2.1kSign up | Oil |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | $1.9kSign up | Oil |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | $189Sign up | Watercolor |
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1850s 1 work
1860s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $2kSign up
- Average
- $1.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 12 in (22 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (2), Oil (2)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1)
1863 South Carolina and Savannah Coastal Sketches$550Sign up
1865 Feeding the Chickens$2.6kSign up
1868 Edgehill$2.4kSign up
1869 Cape May Landing$1.6kSign up
1870s 6 works
- Sold
- 4 of 6
- Median
- $2.1kSign up
- Average
- $3.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 9.5 in (27 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1)
1871 Sea StormUnsold
c. 1871 Study for the Capture of the Confederate Ram Atlanta, by the US Monitor Weehawken$11kSign up
1874 Fishing, Tacony, Boslers$1.6kSign up
1874 Dunolly Castle Oban ScotlandResult not published
1877 Untitled (at Albert Mann's on the Pennypack)$500Sign up
1879 Going to Church$2.6kSign up
1880s 1 work
1890s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
16 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 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $2.8kSign up
- Average
- $2.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 7 × 10.5 in (18 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (2), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1), Sunsets & night (1)
sold 2007 Two Coastal Drawings$805Sign up
sold 2008 Evening$4.8kSign up
sold 2008 Two Pencil SketchesUnsold
Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $4.6kSign up
- Average
- $6.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 16 × 27 in (41 × 69 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1), Sunsets & night (1)
sold 2015 View on the Susquehanna River$4.6kSign up
sold 2017 Lake at Sunset$3kSign up
sold 2017 Brig. Outward Bound/Hampton Roads, Virginia$11kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 10 works
- Sold
- 9 of 10
- Median
- $3.8kSign up
- Average
- $4.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 11.5 in (22 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (6), Watercolor (2), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Harbours & ports (3), Boats (2), Sea & coast (1)
sold 2020 Civil War Shipwreck$3kSign up
sold 2020 Encampment/Fourth of July$11kSign up
sold 2022 Rocky Coast with ShipwreckResult not published
sold 2023 Sailboat at Sea$225Sign up
sold 2023 Southwest Harbor$750Sign up
sold 2023 Surf on a Rocky Coast with Schooners in the Distance$3.8kSign up
Show 4 more (2020s)
sold 2024 Hauling Wood$1.4kSign up
sold 2025 Beaumaris from Bangor, North Wales$4.3kSign up
sold 2025 C.S.S. Manassas & U.S.S. Hartford in New Orleans Harbor$10kSign up
sold 2026 U.S. Gunboat Seneca at the Bombardment of Port Royal$9.5kSign 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 Xanthus Russell Smith auction results →