Louis Francia Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Louis Francia Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 03, 2025
A series of progressive lessons, intended to elucidate the art of flower painting in water colours.
Est: €200 - €300
4to: 32 pp.; 12 pl. (spotting and browning). - Rare. By the French watercolour painter born in Calais famous for his shore landscapes François Francia (1772-1839). Ill. with 12 lithographed plates explaining the art of flower painting in watercolours, all but 2 hand-coloured. - Ref. Not in Nissen. - Prov. Arpad Plesch (bookpl.). - Charlotte Halle (ms. entry).
Arenberg Auctions
Mar. 26, 2025
Francois Louis Thomas Francia (French, 1772-1839)
Est: £100 - £200
Francois Louis Thomas Francia (French, 1772-1839) Pathway through the woods signed 'Francia' (lower right) pencil 15 x 10.5cm Provenance: Thomas Agnew & Sons, London
Cheffins
Nov. 18, 2024
François Louis Thomas Francia (1772 – Calais – 1839) – Küstenlandschaft mit Schiffen Auf Rauer See
Est: €800 - €1,000
Aquarell auf festem Velin. 12,5 x 19,3 cm. Signiert auf dem Stein unten rechts, darunter undeutlich datiert (?). Vereinzelt schwach braunfleckig, ansonsten in guter Erhaltung. Taxation: differenzbesteuert (VAT: Margin Scheme)
Karl & Faber
Nov. 17, 2023
Francois L.T. Francia (attrib), oil on canvas
Est: $600 - $800
Attributed to Francois Louis Thomas Francia (French, 1772-1839), Shore Landscape with Figures, no signature observed, artist tag on frame, 9.5"h x 13"w (sight), 13"h x 17"w (frame)
Millea Bros Ltd
Jul. 04, 2023
FRANCOIS THOMAS LOUIS FRANCIA (CALAIS 1772-1839) A windmill on the coast w
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
FRANCOIS THOMAS LOUIS FRANCIA (CALAIS 1772-1839) A windmill on the coast watercolour 7 5/8 x 11 3/4 in. (19.3 x 29.8 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 29, 2023
FRANCOIS LOUIS THOMAS FRANCIA, FRENCH 1772-1839- AN EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPE WITH A CAPRICCIO VIEW OF
Est: £300 - £400
Francois Louis Thomas Francia, French 1772-1839- An extensive landscape with a capriccio view of Eton College; black and grey wash heightened with scratching out on paper, 10 x 16 cm. Provenance: with The Fry Gallery, London. Private Collection, UK. Note: Francia worked in London for much of his life, serving as a Member and Secretary of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours. He worked as painter in watercolours to the Duchess of York, but is perhaps best known as the tutor of Richard Parkes Bonnington (1802-1828).
Roseberys
Nov. 16, 2022
Francois Louis Thomas Francia, French 1772-1839 Hay barge at Ch
Est: £150 - £200
Francois Louis Thomas Francia, French 1772-1839 Hay barge at Chiswick; watercolour heightened with white on paper, 14.5 x 22.5 cm, (unframed). Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: Francia was a French-born painter who worked in London for much of his life, serving as a Member and Secretary of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours. He is perhaps best known as the tutor of Richard Parkes Bonnington (1802-1828).
Roseberys
Nov. 16, 2022
Francois Louis Thomas Francia, French 1772-1839 The Nelson at t
Est: £200 - £300
Francois Louis Thomas Francia, French 1772-1839 The Nelson at the Stocks at Woolwich in 1814; pencil, pen and brown ink, and watercolour on paper, 13.9 x 20.2 cm. Provenance: Collection of William Drummond.; Private Collection, UK. Engraved: By W. B. Cooke, 'Views on the Thames', 1829 (see National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, PAI2011). Note: HMS 'Nelson' (1814) is shown near to completion at the Royal Dockyard in Woolwich in 1814. Francia's watercolour shows the bow and starboard side of the vessel surrounded by scaffolding with men working on her final fitting out. One team carries a decking plank up a ramp to where another length is being hauled up to an open gun port. Four flag staffs are erected on the top deck in preparation for the launch ceremony. On a gantry in front of the bow, a man operates a rope hoist while other figures stand on the foredeck above the figurehead of Nelson. Planks lie in the left foreground and, to the right, a wooden-wheeled cart delivers more timber. A couple with a child stand at the foot of the ramp and a large crowd is gathered at the top on a viewing platform under the stern gallery. The river and a row of dockside buildings can be seen in the background.
Roseberys
Oct. 23, 2022
François FRANCIA (1772-1839). " Scène de campagne militaire". Aquarelle sur
Est: €300 - €400
François FRANCIA (1772-1839). " Scène de campagne militaire". Aquarelle sur papier signée et datée 1826 en bas à gauche. Dim. 19x24,5 cm.
Prunier
Jun. 22, 2022
Francois Louis Thomas Francia (1772-1839)
Est: £250 - £350
Francois Louis Thomas Francia (1772-1839) - A windmill on the coast with figures in the foreground, watercolour, 19 x 30 cm Prov: Leonard Duke Collection, Albany Gallery St James's London gallery label to reverse and c/w receipt of purchase dated 1971
Andrew Smith & Son
Mar. 24, 2022
FRANCOIS LOUIS THOMAS FRANCIA (CALAIS, FRANCE 1772-1839 ) Blustery weather
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
FRANCOIS LOUIS THOMAS FRANCIA (CALAIS, FRANCE 1772-1839 ) Blustery weather off Calais Pier, France pencil and watercolour with scratching out on paper 11 3/4 x 16 5/8 in. (30 x 42.3 cm.)
Christie's
Aug. 26, 2021
Ex-collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence.- Francia (François Louis Thomas) The Pietà, after Anthony van Dyck, pencil, [c. 1800].
Est: £150 - £200
NO RESERVE Ex-collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence.- Francia (François Louis Thomas, 1772-1839) The Pietà, after Anthony van Dyck, pencil and black chalk on laid paper, signed with monogram in ligature and inscribed 'Francia' in brown ink in the lower right corner, sheet 125 x 153 mm (4 7/8 x 6 in), under glass, sheet laid onto mount support, minor surface dirt, framed, [circa 1800] Provenance: Sir Thomas Lawrence; his sale, Christie's, 17th June 1830, lot 7 [according to label attached verso] Private collection, London ⁂ Francia was a printmaker and watercolourist who exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1795 and 1822. He was a member of Girtin's Sketching Society, circa 1799, and returned to Calais in 1817 where he taught Bonington and Wyld.
Forum Auctions - UK
May. 27, 2021
François-Thomas-Louis Francia (French 1772-1839), An angler in a wooded river landscape
Est: £600 - £800
François-Thomas-Louis Francia (French 1772-1839)An angler in a wooded river landscape, and anotherWatercolour heightened with white, a pair Both signed and dated 1816 Each 21 x 26.5cm (8¼ x 10¼ in.) (2)Provenance:From the collection of Tom Coates
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Dec. 16, 2020
Francia (Francois Louis Thomas, 1772-1839)
Est: £80 - £120
Francia (Francois Louis Thomas, 1772-1839) Francia (Francois Louis Thomas, 1772-1839) Hay barges on a river watercolour 13 x 21.5cm
Sworders
Sep. 26, 2020
FRANCIA FRANÇOIS LOUIS THOMAS (1772 - 1839) potloo…
Est: €300 - €600
FRANCIA FRANÇOIS LOUIS THOMAS (1772 - 1839) potloodtekening : "Stadszicht aan rivier" - 24 x 17,5 gemonogrammeerd en gedateerd 1833 / toegeschreven aan English Translation 19th Cent. drawing - with monogram and dated 1833 / attributed to François Louis Thomas Francia
DVC
Aug. 02, 2020
Harbor view St. Malo 1820, Francois Francia (1772-1839), Watercolor, Signed
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
François Louis Thomas Francia (1772–1839) was a French watercolour painter born in Calais and famous for his shore landscapes. He spent much of the earlier part of his life in England. The British painter Richard Parkes Bonington was his pupil. Francia was born at Calais on 21 December 1772, and was taken early in life to London by his father, a refugee. He was for some time employed as an assistant of a drawing-master named Barrow, who was the master of John Varley. He showed a total of 85 works at the Royal Academy between 1795 and 1821 (inclusive). He was one of the sketching society formed by Thomas Girtin about 1799,and there is drawing of a moonlit landscape in the Victoria and Albert Museum dated in May of that year. He was a member of the (now Royal) Society of Painters in Water-Colours, and for some time its secretary, but he resigned his membership, and became in 1816 an unsuccessful candidate for the associateship of the Royal Academy. The next year he retired to Calais, where he lived until his death on 6 February 1839. It was here that he gave lessons to Richard Parkes Bonington, whose coast scenes bear much resemblance to the later works of Francia. Francia's earlier drawings are broad and simple in execution, rich, but sombre in colour, like those of Girtin; but his later work, while still retaining its breadth and harmony, is brighter and lighter in tone, and more subtle in handling. Though he painted landscape of different kinds, his favourite subjects were shore scenes, which he executed with great truth and beauty of aerial effect. He was an excellent draughtsman of boats and shipping, and some of his drawings were engraved to illustrate a book of sketches of shipping by Edward William Cooke. He was one of the earliest and most accomplished of English watercolourists, and his works are distinguished by their fine colour and poetical feeling. There are several of his drawings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and a few at the British Museum. The watercolor which is shown in this description did belong to a private collection of paintings and watercolors from 19th-century painters. The image which is shown is a coast view of the French town St. Malo around 1820. The size of the watercolor itself is 26 by 48 cm. Including the frame it measures 49 by 71 cm. The work is lowerleft signed, and has also a nameplate in the middle (under) of the frame.
Art Dumay
Jul. 03, 2019
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS LOUIS THOMAS FRANCIA | Barges in an Estuary near Dunkirk
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Watercolour
Sotheby's
May. 13, 2019
Francois Louis Thomas Francia (1772-1839) Romantic School, Gouache, Taking
Est: £60 - £80
Francois Louis Thomas Francia (1772-1839) Romantic School, Gouache, Taking cattle to water in a landscape, Ascribed verso. 9 1/4 x 12''
Claydon Auctioneers
Dec. 06, 2018
FRANCOIS LOUIS THOMAS FRANCIA (French, 1772 - 1839) "BEACH AT CALAIS".
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Provenance: Purchased by the current owner from the widow of Anthony Bade of Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York. Artist: FRANCOIS LOUIS THOMAS FRANCIA (French, 1772 - 1839) Condition: Good, float mounted on paper. Good color, small crease u.r., small abrasions. Created: 1821 Frame: Molded gilt under museum glass Medium: Watercolor on paper Signature: Signed lower right on rock "L. Francia 1821" Title: "BEACH AT CALAIS" Work Size: 5-3/4" x 8-2/3" Condition: Item Dimensions: Framed: 12 - 1/2" x 15 - 1/2".
Morphy Auctions
Sep. 26, 2018
FRANÇOIS LOUIS THOMAS FRANCIA (FRENCH 1772-1839) A MOORING POST AND BOATS IN HARBOUR 41.5cm x 29cm (16.25in x 11.5in)
Est: £700 - £900
FRANÇOIS LOUIS THOMAS FRANCIA (FRENCH 1772-1839) A MOORING POST AND BOATS IN HARBOUR Watercolour 41.5cm x 29cm (16.25in x 11.5in)
Lyon & Turnbull
Aug. 29, 2018
Francois Louis Thomas Francia.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Small folding crease upper right corner facing, small spot losses to pigment to mid-ground right side facing in area of two figures walking beneath pole, otherwise good retaining a pleasing color and tone. Provenance: Purchased by the current owner from the widow of Anthony Bade of Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York. Dates: (French, 1772 - 1839). Frame: Molded Gilt Under Museum Glass.Medium: Watercolor - Dry Mounted on Paper.Signature: Signed lower right on rock "L. Francia 1821".Title: "Beach at Calais". Condition: Dimensions: Framed : 12-1/2" x 15-1/2".
Morphy Auctions
Jul. 18, 2018
* Francia (Francois Louis Thomas, 1772-1839). Boats shipwrecked by a jetty with storm receding,
Est: £300 - £500
watercolour on paper, with scratching out and touches of blue and red gouache, 21.5 x 42 cm ( 8.5 x 16.5 ins), framed and glazed, with J. S. Maas & Co label for a Spring Exhibition 1986 to verso (number 45) - Quantity (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Jun. 05, 2018
"François-Thomas-Louis Francia(1772-1839)"Vue de plage avec bateaux de pêche
Est: €250 - €350
Aquarelle sur papier.Signé en bas vers le milieu.
Brussels Art Auctions
Oct. 05, 2017
* Francia (Francois Louis Thomas Francia, 1772-1839). Rural landscape,
Est: £150 - £200
watercolour on paper, showing a harvest scene before a town, unsigned, Manning Galleries Ltd label to verso, 16.5 x 25cm (6.5 x 9.75ins), mount aperture, framed and glazed - Quantity (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Mar. 24, 2017
FRANCOIS LOUIS THOMAS FRANCIA (Calais 1772 - 1839) Bateaux dans la tempete Aquarelle 13,2 x 21,5 cm Date et signe en bas a droite sur le bateau 1837 L. Francia SIGNED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT:1837 L. FRANCIA; WATERCOLOR;
Est: €400 - €600
FRANCOIS LOUIS THOMAS FRANCIA (Calais 1772 - 1839) Bateaux dans la tempete Aquarelle 13,2 x 21,5 cm Date et signe en bas a droite sur le bateau 1837 L. Francia SIGNED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT:1837 L. FRANCIA; WATERCOLOR; 5 1/4 X 8 1/2 IN
Leclere - Maison de ventes
Mar. 24, 2017
Attribue a FRANCOIS LOUIS THOMAS FRANCIA (1772 - 1839) Berger pres d une riviere, un village au loin Lavis brun 21 x 32 cm Porte en bas a gauche des traces de signature Fâ¦ TRACE OF SIGNATURE: Fâ¦; BROWN WASH; 8 1/4 X 12 1/2 IN
Est: €100 - €150
Attribue a FRANCOIS LOUIS THOMAS FRANCIA (1772 - 1839) Berger pres d une riviere, un village au loin Lavis brun 21 x 32 cm Porte en bas a gauche des traces de signature Fâ¦ TRACE OF SIGNATURE: Fâ¦; BROWN WASH; 8 1/4 X 12 1/2 IN
Leclere - Maison de ventes
Apr. 19, 2016
François-Thomas-Louis Francia (1772-1839) - Woman washing clothes at the river bank
Est: £300 - £500
Watercolour Signed and dated 1813 lower left 20.5 x 32.5 cm.(8 1/8 x 12 3/4 in)
Dreweatts 1759
Jul. 01, 2015
Attributed to Louis Thomas Francia [1795-1821]- Ru
Est: £1,800 - £2,500
Attributed to Louis Thomas Francia [1795-1821]- Running up the Channel off Dover:- oil on canvas 51 x 76cm
Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
Jan. 28, 2015
Francois Louis Thomas Francia (1772-1839) Beach scene, Normandy Coast penci
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Francois Louis Thomas Francia (1772-1839) Beach scene, Normandy Coast pencil, pen and ink and watercolour heightened with white on paper 7½ x 10¼ in. (19 x 25.7 cm.)
Christie's
Jan. 06, 2015
François-Thomas-Louis Francia ( 1772-1839) - Rouen
Est: £600 - £800
Watercolour, over pencil, heightened with white 20 x 15 cm. (7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in) Provenance: with Fry Gallery, London (gallery label on reverse)
Dreweatts 1759
Oct. 01, 2014
Louis Francia (1772 - 1839), ink and watercolour
Est: £100 - £150
Louis Francia (1772 - 1839), ink and watercolour study - harbour view with hilltop town beyond, signed, in glazed frame, 23.5cm x 34cm
Reeman Dansie
Feb. 12, 2014
F. L. T. Francia (1772-1839) - Boats on rocky shore,
Est: £300 - £500
F. L. T. Francia (1772-1839) - Boats on rocky shore, watercolour over pencil, on laid paper, 10 x 23 cm. (4 x 9 in) Provenance: with Squire Gallery, London (label on reverse of frame).
Dreweatts 1759
Jul. 17, 2013
* Francia (Francois Louis Thomas, 1772-1839).
Est: £300 - £500
* Francia (Francois Louis Thomas, 1772-1839). Shipping in an estuary, Dutch Coast, watercolour on paper, 154 x 231mm (6 x 9.1ins), framed and glazed, with Fry Gallery label to verso (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Apr. 17, 2013
François-Thomas-Louis Francia (French, 1772-1839)
Est: £100 - £200
Harbour Scene Pencil 20 x 28cm (7 7/8 x 11in).
Bonhams
Feb. 13, 2013
Attributed to Louis Francia (1772-1839) -
Est: £250 - £350
Attributed to Louis Francia (1772-1839) - Watercolour - View of Edinburgh Castle with seated figure to foreground, 10.75ins x 16ins, unsigned, in gilt moulded frame and glazed
Canterbury Auction Galleries
Feb. 13, 2013
Attributed to Francois L. T. Francia (1772-1839) -
Est: £200 - £300
Attributed to Francois L. T. Francia (1772-1839) - Watercolour - Landscape with ruin and lake to foreground, 3ins x 3.75ins, in gilt frame and glazed Provenance : Fry, 58 Jermyn Street, St. James, London SW1
Canterbury Auction Galleries
Dec. 11, 2012
Attributed to Louis Francia (1772-1839) -
Est: £350 - £500
Attributed to Louis Francia (1772-1839) - Watercolour - View of Edinburgh Castle with seated figure to foreground, 10.75ins x 16ins, unsigned, in gilt moulded frame and glazed
Canterbury Auction Galleries
Dec. 06, 2012
François Louis Thomas Francia (Calais 1772-1839)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
François Louis Thomas Francia (Calais 1772-1839) A beached vessel at low tide pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour 5¼ x 7¾ in. (13.4 x 19.7 cm.); and a watercolour by Samuel Owen (Sunbury 1768-1857) of a two-decker making ready to sail (2)
Christie's
Nov. 29, 2012
Francois Louis Thomas Francia (1772-1839) - The Path through the Woods
Est: £200 - £300
Francois Louis Thomas Francia (1772-1839) The Path through the Woods signed lower right "Francia" pencil h:15 w: 11 cm Provenance: Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd., 43 Old Bond Street, Piccadilly, London, W1.
Cheffins
Mar. 14, 2012
François-Thomas-Louis Francia (French, 1772-1839) Beach scene, Normandy coast
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Beach scene, Normandy coast signed and dated 1830 (lower left and upper right) watercolour 18.5 x 26cm (7 5/16 x 10 1/4in). and another work by the same hand, shipping in a swell. (2)
Bonhams
Feb. 04, 2012
Francia, Francois Louis Thomas
Est: - €120
Francia, Francois Louis Thomas (1772 Calais - 1839) zugeschrieben. Bewegte See mit Einmaster u. Felsen. Lavierte Tuschzeichnung auf feinem Bütten. Blgr. 12 x 16 cm. Aufgezogen u. unter Passep. mont. - Etw. fleckig.
Kiefer Buch- und Kunstauktionen
Dec. 06, 2011
FRANCIA Louis (1772-1839). Attribués à. Deux
Est: €800 - €1,200
FRANCIA Louis (1772-1839). Attribués à. Deux huiles sur papier collé sur toile "Vues d'Italie". Attribués à Louis Francia. Ecole française. Dim.:27x35.5cm et 26x38cm.
Vanderkindere
Oct. 01, 2011
Books - Francia, Francois Louis Thomas
Est: - €180
(1772 Calais - 1839) zugeschrieben. Bewegte See mit Einmaster u. Felsen. Lavierte Tuschzeichnung auf feinem Bütten. Blgr. 12 x 16 cm. Aufgezogen u. unter Passep. mont. - Etw. fleckig.
Kiefer Buch- und Kunstauktionen
May. 18, 2011
François-Louis-Thomas Francia (Calais 1772-1839)
Est: £600 - £800
François-Louis-Thomas Francia (Calais 1772-1839) A blustery day off the harbour at Calais signed and dated 'L Francia/1838.' (on the stern of the beached vessel, lower right) pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, on paper 11 x 16¼ in. (27.9 x 41.3 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 12, 2011
François-Thomas-Louis Francia (French, 1772-1839) An extensive summer landscape
Est: £600 - £800
An extensive summer landscape indistinctly signed '...? Francia' (lower right), watercolour 15.2 x 21.5cm (6 x 8 7/16in).
Bonhams
Feb. 10, 2011
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS THOMAS LOUIS FRANCIA (FRENCH 1772-1839) A MOORING POST AND BOATS IN A HARBOUR 41.5cm x 29cm (16.3in x 11.4in)
Est: £300 - £500
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS THOMAS LOUIS FRANCIA (FRENCH 1772-1839) A MOORING POST AND BOATS IN A HARBOUR Watercolour with bodycolour 41.5cm x 29cm (16.3in x 11.4in)
Lyon & Turnbull
Feb. 02, 2011
François-Thomas-Louis Francia (French, 1772-1839) Boats off a coastline,
Est: £200 - £300
Boats off a coastline, sepia wash, 16 x 24.5cm (6 5/16 x 9 5/8in).
Bonhams
Feb. 02, 2011
* Francia (Francois Louis Thomas, 1772-1839).
Est: £500 - £800
* Francia (Francois Louis Thomas, 1772-1839). Shipping off Calais Pier, monochrome wash on paper, some toning and marks to surface, dated 1804 to stern of boat in the fore-ground, 29 x 40cm (11.5 x 15.75ins), framed and glazed (1) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer's premium for this lot is 21%
Dominic Winter Auctions