# Charles Johnson Payne artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-19T09:37:02.429Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1884-01-17
- Death date: 1967-12-30
- Nationality: British
- Common media: painting, illustration, colour lithography

## About Charles Johnson Payne

Charles Johnson Payne (1884–1967), widely known by the name Snaffles, was a British painter and illustrator whose work is closely associated with horses, riding, and equestrian life. Public authority records also preserve variant forms such as Charlie Johnson Payne and Charles Johnston Payne, which can matter when identifying signed or catalogued works. His reputation rests in part on lively draughtsmanship and humorous depictions of the horse in action. Collectors may encounter Payne’s work in paintings, illustrations, prints, and other works on paper, with equestrian imagery forming an important identifying context. Because the artist’s name appears in several forms across authority and auction records, matching the signature, medium, subject, date, and provenance is especially useful when assessing a work attributed to Snaffles or Charles Johnson Payne.

## Common works and media

Auction and appraisal records for Charles Johnson Payne may include paintings, illustrations, colour lithographs, prints, and other works on paper, as well as editions or decorative objects attributed to the artist. Horse and equestrian subjects are central identifying themes in the available biographical material, and collectors may also encounter humorous sporting or military imagery. For any individual work, confirm the medium, dimensions, edition or print information, signature, subject, date, condition, provenance, and attribution before comparing it with other lots.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisals of Charles Johnson Payne should begin with a like-for-like comparison. Medium, dimensions, date or career period, condition, restoration, surface quality, signature, inscriptions, edition details, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references can all affect interpretation and value. Equestrian subject matter is a useful context, but it does not establish attribution or price on its own. Appraisily’s public index contains matched auction records across multiple categories, including paintings, works on paper and prints, and editions; its figures should be treated as an observed public-record sample rather than a complete market census. Auction results may differ in how premiums and fees are reported.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3487097
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/18736911/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500064521
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snaffles
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snaffles
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/62215
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/charles-johnson-payne/