John Wollaston Paintings & Artwork for Sale | John Wollaston Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 14, 2024
John Wollaston - Portrait of a woman - Oil on Canvas
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
John Wollaston 1720-1770 Portrait of a woman Measuring: 29 x 24 inches Label: The lucid lips in rosy sweetness dest, The well turnd neck and the luxuriant breast, The silk that richly flowers with graceful air. All tell the hand of Wolleston was there. Francis Hopkinson. Tag on the back: Authenticated by Peter Rathbone, VP American Paintings Sotheby Park-Bernet and Rudolph Wunderlich, Director Kennedy Galleries NYC 199
Dallas Auction Gallery
Sep. 29, 2023
John Wollaston (ATTRIB) Portrait of CHARLES WILLING
Est: $1,000 - $10,000
John Wollaston (ATTRIB) Portrait of CHARLES WILLING Mayor of Philadelphia, (1749-1754) FOUNDED WILMINGTON DELAWARE (AKA WILLINGTON) HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT John Wollaston (ATTRIB) 18TH OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING PORTRAIT OF CHARLES WILLING (May 18, 1710 – November 30, 1754) WILLING was a Philadelphia merchant, trader, TWICE Mayor of Philadelphia,(1749-1754) AND CO-DEVELOPED WILLINGTON, DELAWARE N/K/A WILMINGTON. His wife's grandfather, Edward Shippen, and his eldest son, Thomas Willing, also served as mayors of Philadelphia. Thomas was also a Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania. His son James Willing was a representative of the American Continental Congress and led a military expedition during the American War of Independence known as the Willing Expedition THIS PAINTING AND OTHER ESTATE ITEMS IN THIS SALE BY DESCENT IN THE FAMILY TO PRESENT
Collective Hudson, LLC
Sep. 14, 2021
JOHN WOLLASTON THE YOUNGER (LONDON 1710-1775 BATH) Portrait of gentleman, t
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
JOHN WOLLASTON THE YOUNGER (LONDON 1710-1775 BATH) Portrait of gentleman, traditionally identified as Captain Philip Saumarez... oil on canvas 50 x 40 ½ in. (127 x 103 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 01, 2019
Wollaston, Lady of the Eppes Family, Oil on Canvas
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
John Wollaston (1720-1770), labeled 'A Lady of the Eppes Family 1756', oil on canvas, 30" x 25", framed 34" x 29".
Kaminski Auctions
Sep. 22, 2019
Wollaston, Lady of the Eppes Family, Oil on Canvas
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
John Wollaston (1720-1770), labeled 'A Lady of the Eppes Family 1756', oil on canvas, 30" x 25", framed 34" x 29".
Kaminski Auctions
Sep. 08, 2019
JOHN WOLLASTON (ENGLISH, ACTIVE IN COLONIAL
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
America, 1710-1775). Oil on Canvas. Portrait of Captain Thomas Noel, R.N. Inscribed verso. From a Philadelphia, PA collection.
Clarke Auction Gallery
Mar. 02, 2019
att. John Wollaston (1710-1775), Portrait of a Man
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
att. John Wollaston (1710-1775), Portrait of a Man oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, quarter length portrait of a man in a feigned oval, presented in a later frame. SS 29.25 x 24.25 in.; DOA 35.75 x 29.75 in. The invoice from Elizabeth Daniel of Gooseneck Antiques indicates this portrait "descended in a Litchfield, Conn. family, and was said to be of an ancestor named 'Savage'." Gooseneck Antiques, Chapel Hill, NC (accompanied by a photocopy of the receipt dated December 1, 1967) From the Collection of Margaret P. Altany, Charlotte, NC Additional high-resolution photos are available at LelandLittle.com
Leland Little Auctions
Aug. 19, 2018
JOHN WOLLASTON (1710-1775). PAIR OF PORTRAITS OF MR. AND MRS. EDWARD DORSEY OF ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND.
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Edward Dorsey (1718-1760), son of Caleb Dorsey, married Henrietta Maria Chew (1730-1762) in 1748. An attorney who sat on the Common Council of Annapolis, he represented Frederick County in the Maryland Assembly from 1758-1760. Depicted half-length, he in blue coat and white satin waistcoat; she in white satin gown with pink bow and wrap. Each oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches. In period carved giltwood frames. Provenance: The sitters to their daughter, Henrietta Maria Dorsey; to Mrs. Charles Ridgley (nee Rebecca Dorsey); John Ridgley, Towson, Maryland; Tolley A. Biays, Baltimore, Maryland; Sarah Delano Fiske Jeffords, Gradyville, Pennsylvania; Sotheby's New York, April 19, 1972, lot 32; Christie's, June 11, 1985, Collection of Mr. Burton C. Pariser, The Contents of Thorntree, Mendham, New Jersey, on the premises; the Estate of a New England Collector.Exhibited: "Francis Scott Key Memorial Celebration," Peabody Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, 1914.Literature: Illustrated in Johanna McBrien, "A Sense of Place," Antiques & Fine Art, Winter/Spring 2009, pp. 204, 207.
Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians
Aug. 19, 2018
JOHN WOLLASTON (1710-1775). PORTRAIT OF ROBERT JAMES LIVINGSTON (1729-1771), CIRCA 1750.
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
Robert James Livingston was the grandson of Robert Livingston (1623-1725), nephew of the first proprietor of Livingston Manor, an estate of 160,000 acres along the upper Hudson River. Born in Albany, he married Susanna Smith in 1747 and settled in New York City, working as a merchant. His portrait closely resembles Wollaston's portrait of William Smith Jr., Livingston's brother-in law, painted in 1751. In Robert James Livingston's last will and testament, he bequeathed "to my son William (Smith Livingston) my own picture and to my son James, I give the pictures of my Grandfather and Grandmother."John Wollaston came to America in the 1740's from London. Trained as a drapery painter and practiced in the latest English style of portraiture, Wollaston found himself in great demand among wealthy Colonial patrons. He worked in New York from 1749-1752 and painted at least nine portraits of members of the influential Livingston family. Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches. No signature is visible. The stretcher inscribed "Rob. James Liv." and "96"; the canvas lining inscribed "Wollaston, J.," "Robert James Livingston" and "Damar/ Sept. 1991." Provenance: Sloan's Auction Galleries, North Bethesda, Maryland, July 5, 1991, lot 3081, Property of a Prominent American Museum; Hanzel Galleries, Chicago, October 20, 1991, lot 51; Professor Jay Fliegelman, 1999, to the present owner.Literature: For Wollaston's portrait of William Smith Jr., see Ruth Piwonka, "A Portrait of Livingston Manor, 1680-1850," 1986, p 108.
Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians
Jan. 19, 2017
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN WOLLASTON (C. 1672 - 1749) | Portrait of a Lady
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
oil on canvas
Sotheby's
May. 20, 2014
John Wollaston (c. 1672-1749)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
John Wollaston (c. 1672-1749) >Portrait of a cleric, half-length, in robes<br>with inscription 'John Wolleston / pinx 1743' (on the reverse) >oil on canvas<br>30 x 24Â¾ in. (75.9 x 63 cm.)
Christie's
Feb. 16, 2014
O/metal "by some identified as Washington"
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Description: Oil on metal "by some identified as Washington" Medium: Oil Support: Metal Artist: Possibly John Wollaston Artist Dates: 1710-75 Country of Origin: American Title & Description: In the book by Gustavus A. Eisen et al., Portraits of Washington, 3 vol. (1932) this exact portrait appears. On page 431 the description states by some identified as Washington at the age of 27. The book compares other known portraits with this one. Remnants of a label verso as stated in the book reads..., nearly defaced, in which the name "George Washington, 1759" alone is quite legible. With some hesitation the rest seems to the author to read: "By John Wollaston. This portrait belongs to Edw. Savage." This label is much less readable now. We report you decide. This portrait has been in contention since 1932 when the book was written. Signature: None Date of Work: C. 1757 Frame: early 19th c. or earlier Work Size: 12 5/8 x 10 5/8" Frame Size: 19 x 17x 2" Provenance: J. Leger & Co. c. 1930 Condition: Fine even craquelure, some losses to field and minor losses to hair and coat. Artist Biography: Possibly by John Wollaston or follower. Little is known of Wollaston's early life. He is believed to have been born in London, the son of a painter. Some sources give his father's name as John Wollaston;[2] others, citing Horace Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting in England of 1765, suggest that his father's name was John Woolston, and that he later changed his name to Wollaston.[3] Similarly, little is known about his artistic training; Charles Willson Peale, in a letter dated 1812 and written to his son Rembrandt, mentions that Wollaston trained in London with a painter of drapery, but nothing else has been recorded. It seems evident, from his painting style, that by the time of his American sojourn he had either acquired further training or had developed his personal style a good deal on his own.[3] Stylistically, Wollaston's work bears some similarity to portraits by Thomas Hudson and Allan Ramsey, among others, and it has been suggested that his teacher was Joseph van Aken, who completed the drapery in paintings by these and other artists of the period.[2] That Wollaston considered himself English rather than American may be seen by the label on the back of a portrait of William Smith, Jr. painted in 1751; the label describes the artist as "Johnannes Wollaston Londoniensis".[1] Early Wollaston: Unidentified British Navy Officer, c. 1745, oil on canvas, in the National Gallery of ArtWollaston's first securely documented work, executed in 1742, is a portrait of Methodist evangelist George Whitefield; the original still exists, in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery in London.[4] An engraving was produced after it by John Faber Junior.[2] A handful of other paintings dating to before his trip to the colonies also exist, including a portrait of an unidentified officer of the British Navy now in the National Gallery of Art.[2]Wollaston crossed the Atlantic in 1749, settling for a time in New York; there he introduced the latest and most fashionable of London styles in portraiture to American patrons. In 1752 he journeyed south, spending a short time in Philadelphia before arriving in Annapolis by the spring of 1753. During the following year or so he completed some sixty portraits of Marylanders. He next moved to Virginia, producing a comparable amount of portraits of locals between 1755 and 1757. Throughout he continued using the compositions and portrait types he had learned in London; although somewhat outmoded by this time, they remained impressive. By the fall of 1758 Wollaston was back in Philadelphia; he was last recorded there in May 1759. It seems likely that he visited the West Indies before arriving in Charleston in September 1765. Charleston was his last stop in America; he painted at least seventeen portraits there before returning to London in May 1767. Here he disappears from the historical record; the only further mention of his name comes in 1775, when he was encountered in England by chance by an acquaintance from the Leeward Islands.
Louis J. Dianni, LLC
Sep. 13, 2013
JOHN WOLLASTON ( 1706 - 1805) Framed, signed verso
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
JOHN WOLLASTON ( 1706 - 1805) Framed, signed verso `John Wollaston 1743 pinx`, on original canvas. This fine portrait shows we believe John Wesley (1703-1791) English founder of Methodism. Wollaston was living in London in 1733, before travelling to America in the early 1740`s. He returned to England via the West Indies in 1767. Wollaston`s first documented work, executed in 1742, is a portrait of Methodist evangelist George Whitefield; the original still exists, in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery in London. An engraving was produced after it by John Faber jnr. A number of other paintings dating to before his trip to the colonies also exist, including a portrait of an unidentified officer of the British Navy now in the National Gallery of Art.Oval slip, oil on canvas (relined). 71cm x 57.5cm.
Biddle & Webb Auctioneers and Valuers
Jan. 20, 2012
JOHN WOLLASTON (1706-1805)
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTOR PORTRAIT OF THOMAS WILLING In what appears to be the original frame; painted circa 1758. John Wollaston who worked in London as early as 1736, came to this country in 1749. He spent the next ten years traveling through the middle Atlantic colonies and painting more than three hundred portraits. He was in New York City from 1749 to 1752, in Maryland from 1753 to 1754, in Virginia approximately 1755 to 1757, and in Philadelphia in 1758 and early 1759. In 1759 he was employed by the British East India Company and sent to Bengal. He is recorded as being in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1765 and sailing from there to London in May 1767. (Philadelphia, Three Centuries of American Art. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1976. p. 53). Thomas Willing (1731-1821) was the favorite brother of his sister Dorothy. Son of a prominent Phildelphia family, Thomas became a delegate to the Continental Congress of 1775 and 1776 and a financial backer of the revolution. Gilbert Stuart also painted the portrait of this distinguished patriot. Oil on canvas 30 1/8 in. by 25 in.
Sotheby's
Oct. 26, 2011
John Wollaston (London 1742-1775 Bath) Portrait of a lady, believed to be Helen Hozier née Robinson, half-length, in a brown dress,
Est: £800 - £1,200
Portrait of a lady, believed to be Helen Hozier née Robinson, half-length, in a brown dress, a lace chemise and a blue shawl, within a painted stone oval signed and indistinctly dated 'J Wollaston/ pinx.t 17**' (lower left) oil on canvas 75.4 x 62.9cm (29 11/16 x 24 3/4in).
Bonhams
Apr. 14, 2011
JOHN WOLLASTON
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
JOHN WOLLASTON BRITISH FL. 1738 - 1775 PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN SAUMAREZ (1710-1747) oil on canvas 127 by 102.5 cm.; 50 by 40 1/4 in.
Sotheby's
Jan. 21, 2011
JOHN WOLLASTON (1706-1805)
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
JOHN WOLLASTON (1706-1805) MRS. PONTIUS STELLE oil on canvas 29 ¼ in. by 24 in. painted circa 1752, in New York City
Sotheby's
Jun. 08, 2010
JOHN WOLLASTON
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
JOHN WOLLASTON ACTIVE 1734 - 1767 PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN IN A BLUE COAT WITH GOLD TRIM, SAID TO BE JOHN SWIFT oil on canvas, within a painted oval
Sotheby's
Nov. 10, 2006
Attributed to JOHN WOLLASTON (English circa 1775)
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Attributed to JOHN WOLLASTON (English circa 1775) Portrait of a Young Man said to be Washington: The Leger Portrait, circa 1759 Oil on panel 13 x 10-1/2 inches Unsigned PROVENANCE: J. Leger and Company, New York This painting, known as the "Leger Portrait," is published and pictured in the book Portrait of Washington by Gustavus A. Eisen, published in 1932. "The Leger Portrait Portrait. Painted in the style of Wollaston. Size 12-3/4 by 10-3/4 inches. History unknown. Present owner: J. Leger and Co., New York. Painted in oil on copper plate. By some identified as Washington at the age of 27. Coat blue, waistcoat yellow, embroidered; turned down collar, red; lace jabot, open; lace wrist ruffles." According to the book, "Wallaston's portrait of Washington's sister, Betty (Mrs. Fielding Lewis), painted in 1758, a time when Wollaston painted various members of the Washington family and some of their friends. Owned by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, it is now returned to Kenmore, the home of the Lewis family near Fredericksburg, Virginia, having been loaned to the manor for a time of 99 years. The portrait in question resembles Wollaston's painting of Betty (Mrs. Fielding Lewis) as to the eyes and their color, the hair and its color and the width of the nose between the eyes. The upturned eyes is only a Wollaston peculiarity.
Heritage Auctions
Jan. 22, 2006
JOHN WOLLASTON (FL. CA. 1742 - 1775)
Est: $80,000 - $160,000
PORTRAIT OF CHARLES CARROLL OF DUDDINGTON AND MARY CAROLL (MRS. IGNATIUS DIGGERS): A PAIR OF PORTRAITS 51 by 41 1/2 in. Painted circa 1760; in what appear to be the original giltwood frames. Charles Carroll (b. Annapolis, Md., 1736; d. Baltimore, Md., 1832), Revolutionary leader, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Son of Charles Carroll and Elizabeth Brooke; educated locally by the Society of Jesus and in their colleges at St. Omer, Flanders, Rheims, and Paris. Returned to Maryland, 1765, after further study of law in London; began development of Carrollton Manor, Frederick Co., and lived life of landed proprietor. Entered political life as opponent of David Dulany, 1773; the controversy in the Maryland Gazette established Carroll as a popular leader. He served on Committees of Correspondence and Safety and accompanied Benjamin Franklin and Samuel Chase on their ill-fated journey to Canada, 1776, seeking union between Canada and the revolting colonies. Member of the Continental Congress, 1776-78; U.S. senator, Federalist from Maryland, 1789-92. Active in trade and land development, he was an original director of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. John Wollaston, Portrait painter. The younger Wollaston was painting in London as early as 1736 and is said to have studied there under a noted drapery painter. He came to America in 1749 and remained for almost 10 years, during which time he produced at least three hundred portraits in New York City (1749-52), Annapolis and elsewhere in Maryland (1753-54), Virginia (c. 1755-57), and Philadelphia (1758), and exerted a marked influence on his American contemporaries, including West, Pratt, Mare, and the elder Hesselius. Wollaston left the colonies in 1758. In January 1767 he was again in the American colonies, at Charleston, but he left for England in May of the same year. oil on canvas PROVENANCE The portrait hung in "Duddington," the home of Daniel Carroll Carroll Fitzhugh of "Duddington" Mrs. Charles H. Carter, Baltimore, great-great-grandniece of the subject Her daughter, Mrs. Morgan E. Le Montagne, York Harbor, Maine (the portrait is in the Baltimore Museum, on loan) When Mrs. La Montagne died; the portrait went to her daughter, Mrs. Richard Staples, Ruxton, Maryland (the portrait is on loan for three years to Hampton Mansion, Towson, Maryland) Mrs. Richard Staples (Sara C. La Montagne) in Riderwood, Maryland Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland Kennedy Galleries, New York, 1986 LITERATURE "Check List of Portraits in Oil by John Wollaston," in "Wollaston, An Early American Portrait Manufacturer," by Theodore Bolston and Harry Lorin Binsse, The Antiquarian (June 1931), page 50. "Studies in American Painting," J. Hall Pleasants File, The Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland, No. 134. Frick Art Reference Library, New York, photo mount No. 121-11c.
Sotheby's
Jan. 20, 2006
JOHN WOLLASTON (CIRCA 1672-1749)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
A Portrait of a Lady oil on canvas
Christie's