# Augustus Osborne Lamplough artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T22:20:58.512Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: English
- Movements: British Orientalism
- Common media: Watercolor, Drawing and illustration

## About Augustus Osborne Lamplough

Augustus Osborne Lamplough was an English painter and illustrator associated with British Orientalist art. Public references connect him with North African subjects, particularly landscapes and urban scenes, and identify watercolor as his principal medium. This combination of works on paper, atmospheric settings, and a recognizable regional focus helps explain why collectors encounter his name in watercolor and Orientalist-art catalogues. Lamplough also worked as a draftsman and illustrator, so material attributed to him can extend beyond finished watercolors. Authority records establish a stable identity across Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, RKD, and Art UK, but the collected sources do not resolve his chronology cleanly. Art UK’s record identifier and a French-language biography indicate 1877–1930, while Wikidata reports 1873–1937. Appraisily therefore treats 1877–1930 as provisional pending confirmation from an accessible institutional biography or primary record.

## Common works and media

Collectors are most likely to encounter watercolors and other works on paper depicting North African landscapes, streets, buildings, or atmospheric urban views. Drawings and illustration-related material may also appear because Lamplough is identified as both an illustrator and draftsman. The collected sources do not establish a documented print edition, sculpture or ceramic practice, or catalogue-defined series, so those categories should not be implied without object-specific evidence.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a work attributed to Lamplough should begin with medium and subject. Watercolors and works on paper align most closely with his documented profile, while North African landscapes and urban scenes fit the subjects repeatedly associated with him. These consistencies can inform cataloguing, but they do not authenticate a work. Signature, support, dimensions, date, condition, provenance, and documentary history still require object-specific examination. Market comparison should use genuinely comparable public auction lots, matching medium, scale, subject, attribution language, and condition wherever records disclose them. The collected source pack did not include accessible lot-level auction-house evidence or realized-price details, so it cannot support a price trend or forecast. Historical sales should be treated as context rather than a guarantee of current value.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Lamplough, the current identity evidence is useful but the collected market evidence remains limited and should be supplemented with object-specific and lot-level research.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38228448
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500085294
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96297197/
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/47715
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/lamplough-augustus-osborne-18771930
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Osborne_Lamplough
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Osborne_Lamplough
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/augustus-osborne-lamplough/