# Clarkson Stanfield artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1793-12-03
- Death date: 1867-05-18
- Nationality: British
- Movements: Romanticism
- Common media: Painting, Theatrical scenery, Moving dioramas, Illustration

## Portrait

![Clarkson Stanfield](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Clarkson_Stanfield%2C_1793-1867_RMG_L9343_%28cropped%29.jpg)
John Simpson · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clarkson_Stanfield,_1793-1867_RMG_L9343_(cropped).jpg

## About Clarkson Stanfield

Clarkson Stanfield (1793–1867), formally Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, was a British painter and illustrator identified especially with marine subjects, landscapes, and dramatic Romantic seascapes. His early experience as a sailor preceded his visual career and helps explain the sustained maritime focus associated with his name. Before becoming widely known for easel pictures, he earned recognition as a scenic designer at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and also worked with moving dioramas. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1820. Stanfield's practice therefore spans fine-art painting, theatrical image-making, and illustration rather than a single category. Collectors most often encounter him through marine and landscape paintings, while theatre-related designs and illustrated material require different comparisons. Authority records favor the full name Clarkson Frederick Stanfield; shorter and historically inconsistent name forms can complicate entity matching. A documented 1829 portrait by John Simpson provides a reliable likeness of the artist.

## Common works and media

Works associated with Stanfield most commonly include marine paintings, seascapes, and landscapes. His wider practice also encompassed theatrical scenery, moving dioramas, and illustration. Because these formats served different purposes and markets, an easel painting should not be compared indiscriminately with theatre-related or illustrative material.

## Market and appraisal context

For appraisal, the first task is to match the object to the correct Clarkson Stanfield record. Authority files support Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, while a historical William Clarkson Stanfield form is disputed and can create cataloging noise. Marine paintings should be compared with marine subjects, landscapes with landscapes, and theatrical or illustrative material with the same work type. Relevant public auction records can supply sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots, but the supplied pack does not expose object-level condition, provenance, dimensions, or individual results. No price trend or value range can be supported from this research alone. A defensible appraisal therefore needs direct object examination, documented attribution, and like-for-like auction evidence rather than a broad artist-name average.

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1095862
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/44523948/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500012527
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarkson_Frederick_Stanfield
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarkson_Frederick_Stanfield
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarkson_Stanfield
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clarkson_Stanfield,_1793-1867_RMG_L9343_(cropped).jpg
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/clarkson-stanfield/