Octavius Oakley Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Octavius Oakley Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 13, 2024
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY, 1800-1867, Fortune Teller, c1860, watercolour and bodycolour, 30 x 25cm
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY 1800-1867 Fortune Teller, c1860 watercolour and bodycolour unsigned
Lawsons
Oct. 16, 2024
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY (1800-1867)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY (1800-1867) PORTRAIT OF A LADY watercolour with bodycolour, framed 41.5cm x 28.5cm (frame size 61.5cm x 48.5cm) Provenance: The Maas Gallery, London
Lyon & Turnbull
Jul. 25, 2024
Oakley (Octavius, 1800-67). Portrait of a Lady, circa 1830, watercolour
Est: £200 - £300
Oakley (Octavius, 1800-67). Portrait of a Lady, circa 1830, watercolour * Oakley (Octavius, 1800-67). Portrait of a Lady, circa 1830, watercolour, depicting a woman wearing a white dress and pale blue stole, her fair hair in ringlets tied with blue ribbon, sitting in a pink upholstered chair, 29 x 23 cm (11 3/8 x 9 ins) mount aperture, framed and glazed (42 x 36 cm) QTY: (1) NOTE: Provenance: Bonhams, Knightsbridge, Fine Portrait Miniatures, 20th May 2009, lot 140 (a group of three watercolours).
Dominic Winter Auctions
Jul. 13, 2024
Octavius OAKLEY (1800-1867), pair of watercolours on paper, portraits of the Crompton family from Durant Hall Chesterfield, painted C1827?, provenance hand written to reverse of each picture, 36 x 28cm, in gilt frames. (2)
Est: £100 - £200
Octavius OAKLEY (1800-1867), pair of watercolours on paper, portraits of the Crompton family from Durant Hall Chesterfield, painted C1827?, provenance hand written to reverse of each picture, 36 x 28cm, in gilt frames. (2) This lot can be shipped at the buyers risk, insurance isn't available on this lot.
Potteries Auctions
Jun. 28, 2024
Octavius Oakley, RWS (British, 1800-1867)
Est: £250 - £400
Octavius Oakley, RWS (British, 1800-1867) 'Gypsy mother', watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, unsigned, in a reproduction late-Victorian style frame, 53.3 x 43cm. * This watercolour is believed to have been executed c.1847
Martel Maides
Jun. 28, 2024
Octavius Oakley, RWS (British, 1800-1867)
Est: £120 - £180
Octavius Oakley, RWS (British, 1800-1867) Portrait of a boy holding a pottery jug, oval, watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, unsigned, modern Art Nouveau style frame, 44.1 x 29.5cm.
Martel Maides
Feb. 11, 2024
Octavius Oakley (1800-1867) - Ace Of Hearts, c1880 mixed media 30 x 25 cm (frame: 55 x 50.5 cm)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Octavius Oakley (1800-1867) Ace Of Hearts, c1880 mixed media 30 x 25 cm (frame: 55 x 50.5 cm) unsigned | private collection, Sydney
Lawsons
Nov. 24, 2023
Octavius Oakley, RWS (British, 1800-1867)
Est: £600 - £800
Octavius Oakley, RWS (British, 1800-1867) 'Gypsy mother', watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, unsigned, in a reproduction late-Victorian style frame, 21 x 17in. (53.3 x 43cm.) * This watercolour is believed to have been executed c.1847
Martel Maides
Aug. 15, 2023
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY (BRITISH 1800-1867), YOUNG GIRL RESTING
Est: £200 - £300
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY (BRITISH 1800-1867)YOUNG GIRL RESTINGBlack and white chalk heightened with whiteIndistinctly signed and dated 1854 (lower left)40 x 30cm Provenance:Sale, Sotheby's, 7 October 1992, lot 152Fry Gallery, London
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Aug. 12, 2023
Octavius Oakley Watercolor Of Victorian Woman
Est: $800 - $1,200
Octavius Oakley (AMERICAN, 1800 - 1867) watercolor work on paper depicting a woman in an interior scene near an easel with a marble bust on table. Signed to lower left and dated 1861. Mounted in a gold leaf wooden frame behind acrylic screen. Work on paper measures approx. 29 1/4" height x 21 1/4" width to sight. Measures approx. 35 1/2" height x 27 1/2" width overall with frame. Provenance: Exhibited at the Society of Painters in watercolors in London in 1861, in the "Victorian Art" exhibit in New York in 1972, and in "Images of Victorian Womanhood" Yale University in 1982. Some gold loss and wear to frame. Work appears in overall good condition. J/B15/SH:5B
Joshua Kodner
May. 25, 2023
Octavius Oakley, RWS (British, 1800-1867)
Est: £350 - £400
Octavius Oakley, RWS (British, 1800-1867) Portrait of a boy holding a pottery jug, oval, watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, unsigned, modern Art Nouveau style frame, 17 3/8 x 11 5/8in. (44.1 x 29.5cm.).
Martel Maides
May. 25, 2023
Octavius Oakley, RWS (British, 1800-1867)
Est: £800 - £1,000
Octavius Oakley, RWS (British, 1800-1867) 'Gypsy mother', watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, unsigned, in a reproduction late-Victorian style frame, 21 x 17in. (53.3 x 43cm.) * This watercolour is believed to have been executed c.1847
Martel Maides
Feb. 28, 2023
Octavius Oakley Watercolor Of Victorian Woman
Est: $800 - $1,200
Octavius Oakley (AMERICAN, 1800 - 1867) watercolor work on paper depicting a woman in an interior scene near an easel with a marble bust on table. Signed to lower left and dated 1861. Mounted in a gold leaf wooden frame behind acrylic screen. Work on paper measures approx. 29 1/4" height x 21 1/4" width to sight. Measures approx. 35 1/2" height x 27 1/2" width overall with frame. Provenance: Exhibited at the Society of Painters in watercolors in London in 1861, in the "Victorian Art" exhibit in New York in 1972, and in "Images of Victorian Womanhood" Yale University in 1982. Some gold loss and wear to frame. Work appears in overall good condition.
Joshua Kodner
Nov. 05, 2022
Octavius Oakley Watercolor Of Victorian Woman
Est: $800 - $1,200
Octavius Oakley (AMERICAN, 1800 - 1867) watercolor work on paper depicting a woman in an interior scene near an easel with a marble bust on table. Signed to lower left and dated 1861. Mounted in a gold leaf wooden frame behind acrylic screen. Work on paper measures approx. 29 1/4" height x 21 1/4" width to sight. Measures approx. 35 1/2" height x 27 1/2" width overall with frame. Provenance: Exhibited at the Society of Painters in watercolors in London in 1861, in the "Victorian Art" exhibit in New York in 1972, and in "Images of Victorian Womanhood" Yale University in 1982. Some gold loss and wear to frame. Work appears in overall good condition.
Joshua Kodner
Sep. 24, 2022
Octavius Oakley Watercolor Of Victorian Woman
Est: $800 - $1,200
Octavius Oakley (AMERICAN, 1800 - 1867) watercolor work on paper depicting a woman in an interior scene near an easel with a marble bust on table. Signed to lower left and dated 1861. Mounted in a gold leaf wooden frame behind acrylic screen. Work on paper measures approx. 29 1/4" height x 21 1/4" width to sight. Measures approx. 35 1/2" height x 27 1/2" width overall with frame. Provenance: Exhibited at the Society of Painters in watercolors in London in 1861, in the "Victorian Art" exhibit in New York in 1972, and in "Images of Victorian Womanhood" Yale University in 1982. Some gold loss and wear to frame. Work appears in overall good condition.
Joshua Kodner
Feb. 16, 2022
Octavius Oakley Watercolor Of Victorian Woman
Est: $800 - $1,200
Octavius Oakley (AMERICAN, 1800 - 1867) watercolor work on paper depicting a woman in an interior scene near an easel with a marble bust on table. Signed to lower left and dated 1861. Mounted in a gold leaf wooden frame behind acrylic screen. Work on paper measures approx. 29 1/4" height x 21 1/4" width to sight. Measures approx. 35 1/2" height x 27 1/2" width overall with frame. Provenance: Exhibited at the Society of Painters in watercolors in London in 1861, in the "Victorian Art" exhibit in New York in 1972, and in "Images of Victorian Womanhood" Yale University in 1982. Some gold loss and wear to frame. Work appears in overall good condition.
Joshua Kodner
Dec. 11, 2021
Octavius Oakley Watercolor Of Victorian Woman
Est: $800 - $1,200
Octavius Oakley (AMERICAN, 1800 - 1867) watercolor work on paper depicting a woman in an interior scene near an easel with a marble bust on table. Signed to lower left and dated 1861. Mounted in a gold leaf wooden frame behind acrylic screen. Work on paper measures approx. 29 1/4" height x 21 1/4" width to sight. Measures approx. 35 1/2" height x 27 1/2" width overall with frame. Provenance: Exhibited at the Society of Painters in watercolors in London in 1861, in the "Victorian Art" exhibit in New York in 1972, and in "Images of Victorian Womanhood" Yale University in 1982. Some gold loss and wear to frame. Work appears in overall good condition.
Joshua Kodner
Dec. 09, 2021
Octavius Oakley, RWS (British, 1800-1867)
Est: £200 - £400
Octavius Oakley, RWS (British, 1800-1867) Portraits of ladies walking, possibly Julia and Louise Bacon, daughters of Henry Bacon of Redlands, Surrey pencil and watercolour on paper 39 x 22cm Provenance: Sotheby's Sussex, 5th May 1992, lot 27 (possibly a part lot)
Cheffins
Jul. 09, 2021
Octavius Oakley, O.W.S. (1800-1867)
Est: £200 - £300
Octavius Oakley, O.W.S. (1800-1867) Octavius Oakley, O.W.S. (1800-1867) A Rustic Beauty Watercolour over pencil; 53 by 36 cm., 21 by 14 in. Unframed
Chiswick Auctions
Aug. 14, 2019
ATTRIBUTED TO OCTAVIUS OAKLEY (BRITISH 1800-1867)
Est: £80 - £120
ATTRIBUTED TO OCTAVIUS OAKLEY (BRITISH 1800-1867) A young lady in a straw bonnet with a dog on her lap Watercolour 24.5 x 18.3cm
Chiswick Auctions
Mar. 13, 2019
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY R.W.S. (BRITISH 1800-1867) BEGGING FOR SCRAPS 31cm x 24.5cm (12.25in x 9.75in)
Est: £300 - £500
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY R.W.S. (BRITISH 1800-1867) BEGGING FOR SCRAPS Watercolour 31cm x 24.5cm (12.25in x 9.75in)
Lyon & Turnbull
Mar. 13, 2019
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY R.W.S. (BRITISH 1800-1867) AN OLD SHEPHERD 32cm x 25cm (12.25in x 9.75in)
Est: £300 - £500
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY R.W.S. (BRITISH 1800-1867) AN OLD SHEPHERD Watercolour 32cm x 25cm (12.25in x 9.75in)
Lyon & Turnbull
Mar. 13, 2019
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY R.W.S. (BRITISH 1800-1867) A GYPSY GIRL 37cm x 27.25cm (14.5in x 10.75in)
Est: £400 - £600
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY R.W.S. (BRITISH 1800-1867) A GYPSY GIRL Watercolour 37cm x 27.25cm (14.5in x 10.75in)
Lyon & Turnbull
Sep. 05, 2018
Octavius Oakley (1800-1867) British. 'The Orange Seller', Study of a Boy holding a Basket of Oranges, Watercolour, 16.25" x 10.5".
Est: £300 - £400
Octavius Oakley (1800-1867) British. 'The Orange Seller', Study of a Boy holding a Basket of Oranges, Watercolour, 16.25" x 10.5".
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Jun. 26, 2018
Octavius Oakley (1800-1867) Portraits of ladies seated beside tables 17.5 x 13in. and 17.5 x 12.5in.
Est: £300 - £500
Octavius Oakley (1800-1867) 2 watercolours Portraits of ladies seated beside tables one signed and dated 1853 17.5 x 13in. and 17.5 x 12.5in.
Gorringes
Jun. 26, 2018
Octavius Oakley (1800-1867) Head study of George Cattermole 1800-1868 6.5 x 8in.
Est: £100 - £200
Octavius Oakley (1800-1867) pencil drawing Head study of George Cattermole 1800-1868 signed and inscribed 6.5 x 8in.
Gorringes
Jun. 26, 2018
Octavius Oakley (1800-1867) A gypsy mother and children and a seated gypsy woman 21 x 16in. and 12 x 9in.
Est: £400 - £600
Octavius Oakley (1800-1867) 2 watercolours A gypsy mother and children and a seated gypsy woman 21 x 16in. and 12 x 9in.
Gorringes
Nov. 30, 2017
Attributed to Octavius Oakley (1800-1867)
Est: £50 - £80
Attributed to Octavius Oakley (1800-1867) portrait of a gypsy girl playing cards, watercolour, 35cm x 29cm
Mallams
Oct. 21, 2017
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY (British, 1800-1867)
Est: $400 - $600
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY (British, 1800-1867), girl and guinea pig, watercolor, signed and dated 1862 center right. Light toning. Sight 14''h, 10-1/2''w. Provenance: Estate of Samuel and Anne Small, Long Island, New York. (Fine Art)
South Bay Auctions Inc
Dec. 14, 2016
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY, (BRITISH 1800-1867), "THE ORGAN GRINDER"
Est: $800 - $1,200
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY (british 1800-1867) "THE ORGAN GRINDER" Signed ''O Oakley'' center right; also with artist and title on label verso, watercolor and pencil on paper 14 x 15 3/4 in. (35.6 x 40cm) provenance: Fine Art Society, London, United Kingdom. Christie''s, London, sale of February 20, 2003, lot 352. exhibited: "Style: Art & Design 1830-1880", Fine Art Society, London, 1998.
Freeman's | Hindman
Dec. 01, 2015
Octavius Oakley, British 1800-1867- Gypsy family s
Est: £600 - £800
Octavius Oakley, British 1800-1867- Gypsy family stopping for fruit; watercolour, signed and dated Dec 1839, 52x40.5cm, (unframed, mounted)
Roseberys
Jun. 18, 2015
Octavius Oakley (British, 1800-1867) Study of a young gypsy girl dressed in scarlet cloak and black bonnet,
Est: £700 - £900
Octavius Oakley (British, 1800-1867) Study of a young gypsy girl dressed in scarlet cloak and black bonnet, her hands rifling through a deck of cards watercolour 12 x 8 1/2in. (30.5 x 21.75cm.)
Martel Maides
Mar. 19, 2015
Octavius Oakley (British, 1800-1867) Study of a young gypsy girl dressed in scarlet cloak and black bonnet,
Est: £800 - £1,200
Octavius Oakley (British, 1800-1867) Study of a young gypsy girl dressed in scarlet cloak and black bonnet, her hands rifling through a deck of cards watercolour 12 x 8 1/2in. (30.5 x 21.75cm.)
Martel Maides
Nov. 01, 2014
Octavius Oakley (British, 1809-1967) watercolour
Est: £600 - £800
Octavius Oakley (British, 1809-1967) Something good on the cards watercolour 16 1/2 x 12 1/2in (42 x 31.5cm).
Channel Islands Auctions
Jul. 11, 2014
OCTAVUS OAKLEY (1800-1867) The fortune teller,
Est: £300 - £500
OCTAVUS OAKLEY (1800-1867) The fortune teller, signed with monogram, watercolour, 43 x 33cm
Mallams
Apr. 05, 2014
Octavius Oakley (British 1800-1867) watercolour, oval
Est: £200 - £250
Octavius Oakley (British 1800-1867) A portrait of a country girl watercolour, oval 10 x 6in (26.5 x 15cm).
Channel Islands Auctions
Apr. 05, 2014
Octavius Oakley (British 1800-1867) watercolour
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
Octavius Oakley (British 1800-1867) The Student watercolour 14 x 20 1/2in (35.5 x 52cm).
Channel Islands Auctions
Jan. 29, 2014
Octaviaus Oakley (1880-1867), The Fortune Teller,
Est: £500 - £700
Octaviaus Oakley (1880-1867), The Fortune Teller, Watercolour, 43.5cm x 33cm (17in x 13in). Provenance: Mr John Penrose, Yanworth, Gloucestershire
Dreweatts 1759
Apr. 06, 2013
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY (BRITISH 1800-1867) AT THE WELL 68cm x 48cm (26.75in x 19in)
Est: £500 - £700
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY (BRITISH 1800-1867) AT THE WELL Watercolour, arched mount 68cm x 48cm (26.75in x 19in)
Lyon & Turnbull
Jun. 27, 2012
Octavius Oakley (British, 1800-1867)
Est: £250 - £350
Young flower seller, watercolour, 37.5 x 24cm (14 3/4 x 9 7/16in).
Bonhams
Mar. 30, 2012
Octavius Oakley OWS (1800-1867) Portrait of Sir
Est: £300 - £350
Octavius Oakley OWS (1800-1867) Portrait of Sir George Howland Willoughby Beaumont Bt, seated in a red armchair Inscribed with the artist's and sitter's name on the mount, extensively inscribed on an old catalogue entry verso, a further inscription on an old label, pencil and watercolour, 22cm by 16cm; Two further drawings, one portraying a child wearing Victorian costume, holding a sword and standing beside a rocking horse, pastel on buff paper, 18.5cm by 14.5cm, and a drawing of a military gentleman, signed and dated B Baldwin 1846, said to be Lt John Baldwin, 22nd Foot, vignette, 20.5cm by 15.5cm (3) Sir George Howland Willoughby Beaumont, 8th Bart (1799-1845) was the cousin of Sir George Beaumont, a friend of John Constable and other artists, scholars and gentlemen. The drawing was purchased at Sotheby's on 16th October 1980.
Tennants
Jun. 23, 2011
Octavius Oakley (British, 1800-1867) 'Gypsy Woman'
Est: £400 - £600
Octavius Oakley (British, 1800-1867) 'Gypsy Woman' watercolour 20.5 x 15.25in. (52 x 38.5cm.)
Martel Maides
Jun. 20, 2011
Octavius Oakley (British, 1800-1867) Study of a young lady wearing a red cloak and black bonnet with yellow headscarf
Est: £100 - £150
Study of a young lady wearing a red cloak and black bonnet with yellow headscarf signed watercolour, oval 29 x 19cm (11 7/16 x 7 1/2in).
Bonhams
Mar. 24, 2011
Octavius Oakley (British, 1800-1867) "Female Gipseys"
Est: £500 - £700
Octavius Oakley (British, 1800-1867) "Female Gipseys" watercolour, signed and inscribed to label verso 10.25 x 7.25in. (26 x 18.5cm.)
Martel Maides
Mar. 24, 2011
Octavius Oakley (British, 1800-1867) 'Gypsy Woman'
Est: £450 - £650
Octavius Oakley (British, 1800-1867) 'Gypsy Woman' watercolour 20.5 x 15.25in. (52 x 38.5cm.)
Martel Maides
Dec. 01, 2010
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY (BRITISH 1800-1867) THE GIRL IN A RED CAPE 28cm x 22cm (11in x 8.75in)
Est: £600 - £800
OCTAVIUS OAKLEY (BRITISH 1800-1867) THE GIRL IN A RED CAPE Watercolour 28cm x 22cm (11in x 8.75in)
Lyon & Turnbull
Feb. 17, 2010
Octavius Oakley (1800-1867), Gypsy girl in a rural
Est: £200 - £400
Octavius Oakley (1800-1867), Gypsy girl in a rural landscape, watercolour, 45 x 31.5cm.; 17.75 x 12.5in.
Wilson55
Nov. 11, 2009
Octavius Oakley (1800-1867), Gypsy girl in a rural
Est: £400 - £600
Octavius Oakley (1800-1867), Gypsy girl in a rural landscape, watercolour, 45 x 31.5cm.; 17.75 x 12.5in.
Wilson55