James (1810) Harris Paintings & Artwork for Sale | James (1810) Harris Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 20, 2024
Attributed to James Harris of Swansea, British 1810-1887- A ship in stormy seas; oil on canvas,
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Attributed to James Harris of Swansea, British 1810-1887- A ship in stormy seas; oil on canvas, bears label for Royal Exchange Art Gallery, London, attached to the lower stretcher bar, 48.5 x 76 cm. (VAT charged on the hammer price).
Roseberys
Nov. 20, 2024
James Harris of Swansea, British 1810-1887- A two-masted ship at sea, the coastline beyond; oil
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
James Harris of Swansea, British 1810-1887- A two-masted ship at sea, the coastline beyond; oil on canvas, signed 'Harris' (lower right), bears label for Royal Exchange Art Gallery, London, attached to the lower stretcher bar, 48.4 x 75.3 cm. (VAT charged on the hammer price). Note: Harris seems to have worked in the studio of the marine artist George Chambers, Snr, (1803-1840) whilst in London in the mid 1830s, before returning to Swansea in 1836, with much of his work inspired by the city's dramatic coastal landscape. The present work is a characteristic example of Harris' output, with a similar painting selling at Sotheby's, Port Talbot, on 16 May 1992 (lot 986) for £16,000.
Roseberys
Apr. 24, 2024
James Harris of Swansea (British, 1810-1887) The barque Ethelbert hove to for the pilot which is alongside her off the Mumbles lighthouse
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
James Harris of Swansea (British, 1810-1887) The barque Ethelbert hove to for the pilot which is alongside her off the Mumbles lighthouse indistinctly signed (lower left) oil on canvas 36.2 x 61.6cm (14 1/4 x 24 1/4in).
Bonhams
Nov. 14, 2023
JAMES HARRIS OF SWANSEA (1810-1887) - A SCHOONER OF THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON SAILING OFF SWANSEA
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
JAMES HARRIS OF SWANSEA (1810-1887) - A SCHOONER OF THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON SAILING OFF SWANSEA JAMES HARRIS OF SWANSEA (BRITISH, 1810-1887) A schooner of the Royal Yacht Squadron sailing off Swansea bears heightened signature 'Harris 37' (lower left) Oil on canvas 24¾ x 35¾in. (63 x 91cm.) Relined. Cleaned. Area of infill in top-middle of sky and scattered retouching throughout.
Charles Miller Ltd
Apr. 25, 2023
JAMES HARRIS OF SWANSEA (1810-1887) - A SCHOONER OF THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON SAILING OFF SWANSEA
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
JAMES HARRIS OF SWANSEA (1810-1887) - A SCHOONER OF THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON SAILING OFF SWANSEA JAMES HARRIS OF SWANSEA (BRITISH, 1810-1887) A schooner of the Royal Yacht Squadron sailing off Swansea bears heightened signature 'Harris 37' (lower left) Oil on canvas 24¾ x 35¾in. (63 x 91cm.) Relined. Cleaned. Area of infill in top-middle of sky and scattered retouching throughout.
Charles Miller Ltd
Mar. 18, 2023
JAMES HARRIS (1810-1887) MARITIME OIL ON CANVAS
Est: $300 - $400
James Harris, Sen. (1810-1887) Swansea 1843 The composition with brig schooner flying the British flag in the foreground with a cutter behind and the Mumbles lighthouse near Swansea in the distance, signed Harris lower left, dated 1843 and inscribed Swansea, original reverse ogee pine frame. Canvas measures 14 x 24 with a framed size of 21.5 x 31.75 inches. AN ABSENTEE BID PLACED IN ADVANCE COULD LOSE TO A LIVE BID OF EQUAL AMOUNT PLACED LATER. First bid precedence is not possible in auctions that incorporate live bidding via multiple online platforms, live bidders participating in the sale room and live telephone bidders. The only ways to avoid the possibility of losing the bid in this manner is to attend the live auction or bid absentee with plus-one option. Be aware that internet sales tax applies to all Internet transactions and local sales tax may apply to local pick-up transactions. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell. Until further notice, we cannot offer international shipping in-house.
Dirk Soulis Auctions
Dec. 14, 2022
JAMES HARRIS OF SWANSEA SENIOR (BRITISH 1810-1887), FISHERFOLK ON THE FORESHORE WITH SHIPPING
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
JAMES HARRIS OF SWANSEA SENIOR (BRITISH 1810-1887) FISHERFOLK ON THE FORESHORE WITH SHIPPING IN THE DISTANCEOil on canvas, unframedSigned (lower left)51 x 69cm (20 x 27 in.)
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Nov. 05, 2022
JAMES HARRIS OF SWANSEA, (English, 1810-1887), Merchantman Running Into Swansea, oil on canvas, 20 x 29 in., frame: 29 1/2 x 38 1/2 in.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
JAMES HARRIS OF SWANSEA (English, 1810-1887) Merchantman Running Into Swansea oil on canvas signed J. Harris lower left
Grogan & Company
Oct. 23, 2022
James Harris (British 1810 - 1887) 3 x Engravings, "Going to the Moors" "Late for the Mail" & "The Conference at Block Drift", Titled, 51 x 71 | 39 x 63 | 60 x 78 sheet sizes
Est: R1,500 - R2,500
James Harris (British 1810 - 1887) 3 x Engravings, "Going to the Moors" "Late for the Mail" & "The Conference at Block Drift", Titled, 51 x 71 | 39 x 63 | 60 x 78 sheet sizes
5th Avenue Auctioneers
Sep. 29, 2022
Attributed to James Harris R.I. (1810 - 1887), Coastal Landscapes,(a pair), signature covered by mount, watercolours, 29 x 49 cm and 29 x 52 cm (2)
Est: £200 - £300
Attributed to James Harris R.I. (1810 - 1887), Coastal Landscapes,(a pair), signature covered by mount, watercolours, 29 x 49 cm and 29 x 52 cm (2)
Dawsons Auctioneers
Jun. 18, 2022
JAMES HARRIS (1810-1887) MARITIME OIL ON CANVAS
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
James Harris, Sen. (1810-1887) Swansea 1843 The composition with brig schooner flying the British flag in the foreground with a cutter behind and the Mumbles lighthouse near Swansea in the distance, signed Harris lower left, dated 1843 and inscribed Swansea, original reverse ogee pine frame. Canvas measures 14 x 24 with a framed size of 21.5 x 31.75 inches. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell. Until further notice, we cannot offer international shipping in-house.
Dirk Soulis Auctions
May. 18, 2022
JAMES HARRIS OF SWANSEA (BRITISH 1810-1887) PICKING UP THE PILOT OFF WORMS HEAD
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
JAMES HARRIS OF SWANSEA (BRITISH 1810-1887) PICKING UP THE PILOT OFF WORMS HEAD Oil on canvas (51cm x 76cm (20in x 30in)) Literature: R. G. Howell, Under Sail: Swansea Cutters, Tallships and Seascapes 1830-1880 (Swansea, SMS, 1987), p.19, in which the author identifies the Swansea pilot cutters in service 1840-1860. The cutter in the painting is numbered S2 and is identified as the 'Tom Rosser'.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 24, 2021
James Harris (British 1810 - 1887) 3 x Engravings, "Going to the Moors" "Late for the Mail" & "The Conference at Block Drift", Titled, 51 x 71 | 39 x 63 | 60 x 78 sheet sizes
Est: R2,500 - R3,500
James Harris (British 1810 - 1887) 3 x Engravings, "Going to the Moors" "Late for the Mail" & "The Conference at Block Drift", Titled, 51 x 71 | 39 x 63 | 60 x 78 sheet sizes
5th Avenue Auctioneers
Oct. 29, 2019
James Harris of Swansea (British, 1810-1887) A brig, topsail schooner and cutter off the Mumbles
Est: £1,200 - £1,800
James Harris of Swansea (British, 1810-1887) A brig, topsail schooner and cutter off the Mumbles signed 'Harris' (lower right) oil on canvas 33 x 55.9cm (13 x 22in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Oct. 08, 2019
James Harris of Swansea (British, 1810-1887) View of Swansea Bay, a pair each 29.2 x 52.4cm (11 1/2 x 20 5/8in).(2)
Est: £600 - £800
James Harris of Swansea (British, 1810-1887) View of Swansea Bay, a pair each signed and dated 'J.Harris.73' (lower right and lower left) watercolour each 29.2 x 52.4cm (11 1/2 x 20 5/8in).(2) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Oct. 08, 2019
James Harris of Swansea (British, 1810-1887) Views of Swansea Bay; a pair each 29.2 x 55.2cm (11 1/2 x 21 3/4in).(2)
Est: £600 - £800
James Harris of Swansea (British, 1810-1887) Views of Swansea Bay; a pair the first, signed and dated 'J.Harris June 1872' (lower right); the second, signed 'J.Harris' (lower left) watercolour each 29.2 x 55.2cm (11 1/2 x 21 3/4in).(2) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jun. 27, 2019
James Harris Senior (British, 1810-1877) "A brig coming up the Bristol Channel"watercolour en grisaille, signed 'Harris' lower right,
Est: £200 - £250
James Harris Senior (British, 1810-1877) "A brig coming up the Bristol Channel" watercolour en grisaille, signed 'Harris' lower right, inscribed to label verso, apparently from the original owner, "A brig coming up the Bristol Channel J Harris Snr' By James Harris Senior of ....?...... I had this direct from Harris" 5 5/8 x 9 1/2in. (14.3 x 24.1cm.) * Condition: Paper slightly time stained, several obvious fox marks across the sky. Two small slightly paler marks to sky (possibly from treatment of earlier foxing).
Martel Maides
May. 01, 2019
James Harris of Swansea (British, 1810-1887) Picking up a pilot
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
James Harris of Swansea (British, 1810-1887) Picking up a pilotsigned 'Harris' (lower right) oil on canvas 45.5 x 76.5cm (17 15/16 x 30 1/8in). Provenance: Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 November 1975, lot 8.With David Cross Gallery, Bristol, no. S.O.R. 91.Private collection, UK.
Bonhams
Oct. 18, 2017
James Harris of Swansea (British, 1810-1887) Pilot boats racing to get bus
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
James Harris of Swansea (British, 1810-1887) Pilot boats racing to get business off Swansea
Bonhams
Nov. 10, 2016
James Harris of Swansea (1810-1887), SHIPPING AT WORM’S HEAD, 1871, Oil on canvas; signed “Harris” and dated “1871” lower right, 14.25" x 22.25" — 36.2 x 56.5 cm.
Est: -
JAMES HARRIS OF SWANSEA (1810-1887), BRITISHSHIPPING AT WORM’S HEAD, 1871Oil on canvas; signed “Harris” and dated “1871” lower right14.25" x 22.25" — 36.2 x 56.5 cm.Provenance:Coll. of the Late Lord Glantawe (John James Jenkins) of Swansea, Wales possibly purchased directly from the artist;With Haynes Art Gallery, Toronto for cleaning on May 25,1948;By descent to his granddaughter, TorontoExhibited:In 1987, there was a retrospective exhibition of Harris’ work held at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea. A very similar, larger oil painting by Harris, measuring 60 cm. x 106.5 cm., entitled “Worms Head from the Sea”, dated circa 1870, was shown in this exhibit.Note:Historically named 'Wurm' meaning 'dragon' by Viking invaders, the promontory, Worm's Head, is shaped like a giant sea-serpent and marks the most westerly tip of Gower Pennisula. Harris executed a number of paintings of Worm’s Head - He is known to have undertaken several commissions of specific ships with local backgrounds, such as Swansea or Mumbles and Mumbles Lighthouse. He went out to sea and painted from the sea looking back at the landscape. The Late Lord Glantawe moved to the Grange in Swansea. He was knighted in 1882 and may have purchased this work directly from James Harris to hang in the Grange. Estimate: $4,000—5,000
Waddington's
Oct. 05, 2016
James Harris of Swansea (British, 1810-1887) Shipping in Swansea Bay
Est: £12,000 - £18,000
James Harris of Swansea (British, 1810-1887) Shipping in Swansea Bay signed 'Jas/Harris' (lower right) oil on canvas 99 x 155cm (39 x 61in). Footnotes It is quite rare for any vessel in Harris's paintings to be named, however going by the name on the port bow and the pennant being flown from her mainmast, the lead vessel is a barque named Fearless. It has proven difficult to track any details about Fearless, but unfortunately not all vessels were recorded in Lloyd's annual register. Pilot boat number 4 featured in the lower right of the composition was named Faith. She was built around 1845 and was approximately 35 feet long. Over the years she competed in a number of races with other pilot boats from Neath and Port Talbot as well as Swansea. In 1845 she came in first amongst thirteen other boats, and in 1854 led from start to finish amongst nine boats in the race. In 1858 she tied for first, in 1862 came third, but due to a mishap in 1863 came last. She survived until about 1870 when replaced by the pilot boat Benson. Looking beyond the shipping scene in the foreground, one can see Oystermouth in the distance, which is on the west side of Swansea Bay and south of Swansea itself. R.G. Howell's book 'Under Sail - Swansea Cutters, Tallships and Seascapes' published in 1987 features a number of Harris's paintings and judging from the compositions in the publication it is likely that the present work was painted in the 1850s.
Bonhams
Apr. 13, 2016
James Harris of Swansea (British, 1810-1887) Shipping in Swansea Bay
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
James Harris of Swansea (British, 1810-1887) Shipping in Swansea Bay signed 'Jas/Harris' (lower right) oil on canvas 99 x 155cm (39 x 61in).
Bonhams
May. 20, 2014
James Harris (Exeter 1810-1887 Swansea)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
James Harris (Exeter 1810-1887 Swansea) >An English brig under reduced sail off the coast with an island off her port bow<br>signed 'Harris' (lower right) >oil on canvas<br>13 x 22 in. (33 x 55.9 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 26, 2013
ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES HARRIS ( WELSH, 1810-1887),
Est: £600 - £900
ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES HARRIS ( WELSH, 1810-1887), squally seascape with breakwater and shipping, oils on canvas. 14'' x 22''. ( 35.5 56 cm).
Peter Francis
Nov. 12, 2013
JAMES HARRIS of Swansea (1810 - 1887) - an oil on
Est: £400 - £600
JAMES HARRIS of Swansea (1810 - 1887) - an oil on canvas of two masted schooner off The Mumbles Lighthouse, Swansea - signed lower right hand corner J HARRIS - 34cm x 54cm
Island Auction Rooms
Jun. 12, 2013
James Harris of Swansea (Exeter 1810-1887)
Est: -
James Harris of Swansea (Exeter 1810-1887) A racing cutter sailing inshore off the Worm's Head, Wales; and A gaff-rigged boat off the Mumbles, Swansea, Wales, with Llan-y-Mar House on the shore (illustrated) oil on canvas 23 5/8 x 42 in. (60 x 106.7 cm.); and 24 x 42 in. (61 x 106.7 cm.) (2)
Christie's
Mar. 24, 2010
James Harris of Swansea (British, 1810-1887) A two-masted schooner passing an anchored merchantman off the Mumbles lighthouse, South Wales
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
A two-masted schooner passing an anchored merchantman off the Mumbles lighthouse, South Wales signed 'Harris' (lower right) and indistinctly dated 185? oil on canvas 20.3 x 51.4cm (8 x 20 1/4in).
Bonhams
Jul. 11, 2007
James Harris, 1810-1887 , shipping in a squall off swansea harbour oil on canvas
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Jun. 08, 2006
James Harris (1810-1887)
Est: £30,000 - £50,000
A topsail schooner and two Swansea luggers caught in a sudden squall off the South Wales coast, with Singleton Abbey beyond signed and dated 'Jas./Harris 1840' (lower right) oil on canvas, unlined 68 x 72 1/4 in. (172.7 x 183.5 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 01, 2005
James Harris of Swansea (British, 1810-1887)
Est: -
A three-masted merchantman heaving-to for the pilot oil on canvas 76.2 x 50.8cm. (20 x 30in.)
Bonhams
Mar. 01, 2005
James Harris of Swansea (British, 1810-1887)
Est: -
A French brig watching for the approaching pilot cutter signed 'Harris' (lower right) oil on canvas 25.4 x 45.7cm. (10 x 18in.)
Bonhams
Nov. 18, 2003
JAMES HARRIS, 1810-1887
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
SIGNED AND DATED (MAKER'S MARKS) signed
Sotheby's
Nov. 18, 2003
JAMES HARRIS, 1810-1887
Est: £800 - £1,500
SIGNED AND DATED (MAKER'S MARKS) signed
Sotheby's
Nov. 18, 2003
JAMES HARRIS, 1810-1887
Est: £400 - £600
SIGNED AND DATED (MAKER'S MARKS) signed and dated Oct 8th 1867
Sotheby's
Nov. 18, 2003
JAMES HARRIS, 1810-1887
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
MATERIAL/MEDIUM oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Nov. 18, 2003
JAMES HARRIS, 1810-1887
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
MATERIAL/MEDIUM oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Nov. 18, 2003
JAMES HARRIS, 1810-1887
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
MATERIAL/MEDIUM oil on canvas
Sotheby's