British, 1812–1888
Edward Lear
684results on record
84%sell-through
$9,732median result (USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% estimated from hammer)
$1,876,382record in our coverage
Drawn from 684 recorded results (646 sold · 38 passed) across 14 auction houses, 1998–2026. 3 upcoming lots on the ledger. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% estimated from hammer method · log scale
Where does a value land in this market?
The same figure also answers the seller's question: which house clears a work like this, and for how much — expected proceeds by house, from the sell-through the rest of this page is built on.
Every sold result for this market, low to high (log scale) — the dashed line is the median. Enter a value to see where it lands.
By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line
| Medium | Results | Sell-through | Median result (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| works on paper | 319 | 80% | $10,196 |
| painting | 22 | 50% | $75,668 |
| other | 13 | 83% | $3,394 |
| prints | 6 | 100% | $1,877 |
Medium is recorded for 360 of 684 results (53%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Thomas Rowlandson Edward Lear Thomas Rowlandson
| Metric | Edward Lear | Thomas Rowlandson |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $9,732 | $3,799 |
| Record price | $1,876,382 | $112,987 |
| Results on record | 684 | 696 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Thomas RowlandsonEnglish SchoolJoseph Mallord William Turner RaJohn Varley R.w.s.
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
83/ 100
- Sell-through84%
- Meets estimate73%
- Market depth684 results
How readily and near-estimate this market clears — sell-through, estimate reliability, and depth, blended into one score. "Meets estimate" is the share of sold lots hammering at or above the low estimate, over catalogs that print a real appraisal: a house whose printed low is a starting bid would meet its estimate on every lot, so those lots are excluded from this term only — their prices and outcomes still count in the other two. Method →
Where this artist sells best
| House | Results | Sell-through | Median | vs. estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christie's | 330 | 85% | $11,256 | — |
| Sotheby's | 200 | 85% | $10,938 | 0.99× |
| Bonhams | 108 | 87% | $5,986 | 0.84× |
| Lyon & Turnbull | 11 | 73% | $3,492 | 1.12× |
| Chiswick Auctions | 9 | 67% | $2,978 | — |
| Heritage Auctions | 9 | 56% | $1,562 | — |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 3 | 100% | $5,120 | 0.67× |
| Sworders | 3 | 100% | $1,341 | — |
| International Autograph Auctions | 4 | 67% | $1,131 | 0.81× |
| Dorotheum | 2 | 100% | $5,370 | — |
| Ketterer Kunst | 1 | — | $2,561 | — |
| Crow's Auction Gallery | 1 | 100% | $32 | 0.62× |
| Bertolami Fine Art | 1 | 100% | $222 | — |
| Tiroche | 2 | 50% | $12,500 | 4.00× |
The same artist across every house we cover — hammer-vs-estimate side by side. A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal. Method →
Prices realized 687 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 38 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2026·07 | The village of Simplon, Switzerland | — | Chiswick Auctions | |||
| 2026·07 | A view of the Temple of Karnak at sunset, Thebes, Egypt | pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with white on paper | $3,972–$6,620 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·07 | A view of Villa Barberini, Albano, near Rome | pen and brown ink, brown wash on buff paper | $3,972–$6,620 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·07 | A view of Eremo di Camaldoli, Frascati, near Rome | pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with touches of white on buff paper | $3,972–$6,620 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·07 | Kom Ombos, Egypt | oil on canvas laid down on board | $26,480–$39,721 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·06 | Mount Sinai | pencil, pen and brown ink on buff-coloured paper watermarked 'DE CANSO...' | $3,341–$4,677 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·06 | Kangchenjunga from Darjeeling, India | pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on paper | $20,046–$33,410 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·06 | Campagna of Rome, Alexandrine Aqueduct | oil on canvas | $30,000–$50,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·05 | Zante | $5,800–$8,120 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·05 | Zante | $2,320–$3,480 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·05 | Studies of a building, trees and a distant Roman aqueduct, possibly the Anio Novus | — | Sworders | |||
| 2026·05 | A mountainous landscape | — | Sworders | |||
| 2026·05 | 'Areka Palm in Hugh Nevill's Garden, Ratnapoora' | — | Sworders | |||
| 2026·04 | The Village of Simplon, Switzerland | $2,442–$4,071 | Chiswick Auctions | |||
| 2026·04 | Lavello from Minervino Murge, Sunrise | — | Chiswick Auctions | |||
| 2026·04 | View of a distant mountains | — | Chiswick Auctions | |||
| 2026·01 | The Village of Simpion, Switzerland | $4,026–$6,711 | Chiswick Auctions | |||
| 2026·01 | Trees at Tivoli | — | Chiswick Auctions | |||
| 2026·01 | Lavello from Minervino Murge, Sunrise | $4,026–$6,711 | Chiswick Auctions | |||
| 2026·01 | Santa Maura | — | Chiswick Auctions | |||
| 2026·01 | Philae from Biggeh Sunset | — | Chiswick Auctions | |||
| 2025·12 | Villa Falconieri, Frascati | pencil on paper heightened with white chalk | $1,500–$2,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2025·12 | A view of Santa Maura, Levkas, Ionian Islands | pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour on paper | $5,324–$7,986 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·12 | Porto Tre Scoglie, Albania | oil on canvas | $79,863–$106,484 | upcoming | Christie's | |
| 2025·12 | Porto Tre Scoglie, Albania | pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on buff paper | $9,317–$13,311 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·12 | An English country house | $1,061–$1,592 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·11 | (Londra, 1812 - Sanreamo, 1888) | Lithograph | $1–$2,781 | Bertolami Fine Art | ||
| 2025·09 | San Remo | $10,772–$16,158 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·09 | An English country house | $1,623–$2,435 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·09 | Study of a red and yellow macaw, Macrocercus Aracanga unframed | $1,082–$1,623 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·07 | Jerusalem from near the Mount of Olives | $6,830–$9,562 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·07 | Mont Blanc | pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on blue paper | $4,098–$6,830 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·07 | View of Cairo, with the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx in the distance | pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour, on paper | $9,562–$13,661 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·06 | Amalfi unframed | $2,709–$4,063 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·06 | View of Nice | Ink and wash on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·05 | Views in the seven Ionian Islands, 1863 | $3,414–$3,414 | Ketterer Kunst | |||
| 2025·04 | "And I will See, Before I Die, The Palms and Temples of the South" | $19,168–$25,557 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·04 | Bavella, Corsica | $6,389–$8,945 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·03 | Plains of Lombardy from Monte Generoso, Switzerland; Mussoorie province, India (2 works) | Ink and wash on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·03 | St John Lateran and the Claudian Aqueduct, Rome | $2,587–$3,880 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·02 | Wady Halfeh, Egypt | $5,038–$7,557 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2025·02 | Walls of Pavia | $1,889–$2,519 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2025·02 | Venice and Santa Maria Della Salute | $3,149–$5,038 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2025·02 | Drymades, Albania | $6,298–$8,817 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2025·02 | Aswan, Egypt | $7,557–$11,336 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2025·02 | Patti | $756–$1,134 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2025·02 | Ceylon, Sri Lanka | $1,008–$1,511 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2025·02 | Sunset on the Nile Near Mankabat | $1,889–$2,519 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2025·02 | Sunset on the Nile | $7,557–$11,336 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2025·02 | Sepolcro Di Terone, Agrigento, Sicily | $1,008–$1,511 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2024·12 | Plains of Lombardy from Monte Generoso, Switzerland; Mussoorie province, India (2 works) | Ink and wash on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·12 | Bordighera (Lands of orange blossom); Constantinople (Below the city's eastern towers) (2 works) | Ink and wash on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·12 | A view across Kozhikode (Calicut), Malabar, India | $2,535–$3,802 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·11 | Suda bay, Crete | $5,281–$8,450 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·11 | Agia Paraskevi, 1857 | pen and brown ink and watercolor over traces of pencil on paper | $5,000–$7,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2024·11 | Cannes | $1,038–$1,557 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·11 | Erbalunga, Corsica | $3,891–$6,486 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·11 | Civita Castellana | $2,594–$3,891 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·11 | Bay of Samos, Cephalonia | $2,594–$3,891 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·10 | Mount Generosa, Bella Vista - 1881 | $665–$1,063 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2024·09 | ´ I shall go south, like the swollers´ | $5,597–$6,716 | International Autograph Auctions | |||
| 2024·07 | St. Jean, France | $3,827–$6,378 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·07 | Noli, Italy; together with Topolia, Greece | $2,551–$3,827 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·07 | "And I will See, Before I Die, The Palms and Temples of the South" | $51,026–$76,539 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·07 | Villefranche | $3,827–$6,378 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·07 | Near Mosta, Northern Malta | $6,378–$10,205 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·07 | A distant view of the Castel Sant' Angelo, Corfú | pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on buff coloured paper | $3,176–$4,446 | Christie's | ||
| 2024·07 | Melfi, Italy | pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with bodcolour on paper | $3,811–$6,352 | Christie's | ||
| 2024·07 | A view of the city of Hebron with camels and figures in the foreground | $7,623–$10,163 | Christie's | |||
| 2024·07 | A distant view of Corfu from Viros | pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on buff coloured paper | $3,176–$4,446 | Christie's | ||
| 2024·07 | Wadi Tayibeh, Egypt | $7,623–$10,163 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·07 | View of Philae at Sunset, Egypt | $10,163–$15,245 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·07 | Wadi Halfa, Sudan | $19,056–$25,409 | Christie's | |||
| 2024·03 | Jerusalem | $3,200–$4,481 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·03 | The River Nile at Abou Seir, the Second Cataract, Egypt | $3,802–$6,337 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·02 | 'Girano, Fair of Sant Anatolia' and 'Roiate', two lithoprints from the | $32–$51 | Crow's Auction Gallery | |||
| 2024·02 | View of the Acropolis and the temple of Hephaistos, Athens | $8,000–$12,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·02 | Èze, Southern France | $4,000–$6,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·12 | View of Mount Athos, Greece | pencil and oil on artist's board | $22,866–$31,758 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·12 | La Cava, Italy | pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on paper | $5,031–$7,546 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·12 | Four vignette studies of birds - a pair of parrots, a flamingo, an avocet and a merganser | all pencil, with watercolour and bodycolour, two heightened with gold, on paper | $5,031–$7,546 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·12 | Two views of Thebes | pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour on paper | $7,546–$10,061 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·12 | The Gulf of Brolo from near Kokkinomilia | pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with touches of white on paper | $5,031–$7,546 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·12 | Plataea, Greece | pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour on paper | $3,773–$6,288 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·12 | Dendera, Egypt | pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with touches of white on paper | $12,577–$18,865 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·12 | Bellagio, Lago di Como | pencil, pen and grey ink, grey and blue wash on paper | $10,061–$15,092 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·12 | Tor de'Schiavi, Campagna de Roma | pencil and watercolour, heightened with white and with scratching out | $3,773–$6,288 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·11 | Mount Athos | $3,273–$4,364 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·11 | Suda bay, Crete | $8,729–$13,093 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·10 | View of Janina | $8,486–$12,123 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·10 | Jerusalem | $6,061–$8,486 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·10 | The Quarries of Assouan, Egypt | $4,887–$7,330 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·10 | The Island of Philae, above the First Cataract on the Nile, from the South, Afternoon | $183,258–$244,344 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·10 | Dahr el Bayree, Thebes | $3,665–$6,109 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·10 | The Pyramids near Cairo | $9,774–$14,661 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·10 | "And I will See, Before I Die, The Palms and Temples of the South" | $85,520–$122,172 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·09 | Licenza, near Rome | $3,641–$6,068 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·09 | The Nile at Kasr-es-Saad | $12,137–$18,205 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·09 | View from St. Jean towards Villefranche | $2,427–$3,641 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·09 | Coast of Malabar | $36,411–$60,684 | Bonhams | |||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $19, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.