William Home Lizars Auction Prices and Value Guide

William Home Lizars auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 255 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

William Home Lizars auction prices: quick answer

William Home Lizars auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
William Home Lizars
Source records
255
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About William Home Lizars

William Home Lizars (1788–1859) was a Scottish painter, engraver, and publisher active in the first half of the nineteenth century. Based in Edinburgh and later active in London by 1841, Lizars built a reputation as a skilled copperplate engraver and printmaker. He operated a publishing house that produced illustrated works, contributing to the era’s growing market for engraved natural history and topographical volumes. As both an artist and a publisher, Lizars occupied a distinctive position in the British print trade, producing original paintings alongside engraved editions that reached a wide audience. His work is recorded in major library and art-history authority files, including the Getty Union List of Artist Names, VIAF, the RKD, and the Library of Congress.

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Common works and media

Lizars is most commonly encountered in auction and appraisal contexts as an engraver of copperplate prints, including natural history illustrations, topographical views, and book plates. He also produced original oil and watercolor paintings. Published engraved editions from his house are the most frequently seen works. Collectors may find individual prints extracted from larger illustrated volumes, as well as bound sets.

Market and appraisal context

William Home Lizars’s work appears at auction primarily as engraved prints and, less frequently, as original paintings. For collectors, the key valuation factors include whether a print is an original lifetime impression or a later restrike, the quality of the copperplate engraving, paper condition and age, plate dimensions, and documented provenance. Paintings by Lizars are comparatively rare on the market. Attribution should be confirmed through plate signatures, publisher marks, or comparison with documented works in RKD or museum holdings.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Value drivers

  1. Engraving medium and edition size are key factors for appraisal; original copperplate engravings by Lizars tend to be more sought after than later restrikes.
  2. Condition, plate marks, paper quality, and provenance all affect value for Lizars prints and paintings.

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack contains no major auction-house records or realized-price data. Market context is based on the artist's documented mediums and period only.
  • RKD lists the nationality/school as English while Wikidata and VIAF describe the artist as Scottish; this discrepancy may reflect differing cataloguing conventions.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

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Data basis

This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for William Home Lizars

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Artist value FAQ

How much is William Home Lizars worth?

Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.

Can Appraisily value my William Home Lizars artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.