# David Law artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/david-law/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T13:31:22.280Z
Quality: low confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Common media: Printmaking, including engraving and etching, Works on paper and prints

## Portrait

![David Law](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/George_Paul_Chalmers_%281833-1878%29_-_David_Law_%281831%E2%80%931901%29%2C_Engraver_and_Etcher_-_PG_1440_-_National_Galleries_of_Scotland.jpg)
George Paul Chalmers · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Paul_Chalmers_(1833-1878)_-_David_Law_(1831%E2%80%931901),_Engraver_and_Etcher_-_PG_1440_-_National_Galleries_of_Scotland.jpg

## About David Law

The available identity evidence most plausibly points to David Law (1831–1901), identified in a documented portrait as an engraver and etcher. A separate public-domain record credits him with The Houses of Parliament from Lambeth, supporting a connection to nineteenth-century printmaking and architectural or urban subject matter. The source pack, however, contains no dedicated museum biography, authority record, catalogue raisonné, or encyclopedia entry for this artist. Its Wikidata result describes a Trinidad and Tobago politician, while Wikipedia provides only a broad disambiguation page. Collectors should therefore treat this identification as provisional rather than fully resolved. Works encountered under the name may include prints and works on paper, but Appraisily also groups name-matched records into broader auction categories. Signatures, inscriptions, dates, medium, provenance, and direct image comparison are especially important before assigning a work or sale record to this particular David Law.

## Common works and media

The strongest artistic evidence identifies David Law as an engraver and etcher and documents a work titled The Houses of Parliament from Lambeth. This supports prints and works on paper, including architectural or city views, as plausible material for comparison. Appraisily's broader auction categories should not be treated as a definitive catalogue of his output because the shared name may combine records associated with different people or makers.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's public index reports 61 matched records, including 41 priced records, for 2003–2026. It shows an observed range of $12 to $1,625 and a median near $95. These figures describe name-matched public auction data, not a verified catalogue of works by the engraver and etcher identified here. The page also reports that many results fall between $45 and $223, but unresolved identity makes this signal provisional. An appraisal should compare medium, size, date, subject, condition, edition state, inscriptions, provenance, and attribution level. Restoration, auction-fee conventions, incomplete feeds, private transactions, and later attribution changes can reduce comparability. Confirm the maker's identity before treating any reported result as a valuation benchmark.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when available. For David Law, the auction evidence is usable only with the stated identity and record-matching cautions.

## Sources

- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Paul_Chalmers_(1833-1878)_-_David_Law_(1831%E2%80%931901),_Engraver_and_Etcher_-_PG_1440_-_National_Galleries_of_Scotland.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Law_-_The_Houses_of_Parliament_from_Lambeth_-_B1977.14.18529_-_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/david-law/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115797711
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Law