# Edward Ladell artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/edward-ladell/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:23:04.596Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Common media: Painting

## Portrait

![Edward Ladell](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Edward_Ladell_%281%29.jpg)
Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Ladell_(1).jpg

## About Edward Ladell

Edward Ladell (1821–1886) was a British painter whose surviving public-record examples identify him especially with still life. Collected image records document arrangements of fruit, baskets, a mallard, prawns and Savoy cabbage, illustrating the subjects through which collectors may encounter his name. Authority links connect Ladell with Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, RKD and Art UK, helping align museum and auction references with one historical artist. The available source pack does not establish a named movement or school, so none is assigned here. Ladell is instead presented through the evidence that is available: nineteenth-century British painting centered on still-life arrangements. Auction and appraisal contexts may include fruit pieces, food-and-game compositions and other paintings attributed to him. When examining an individual object, its attribution wording, subject and correspondence with institutionally catalogued examples should be assessed carefully rather than inferred from the artist name alone.

## Common works and media

Documented examples in the collected image records are paintings of still-life arrangements. Subjects include fruit alone, fruit in a basket, and a more varied food-and-game composition with a mallard, prawns and Savoy cabbage. The source pack does not establish prints, sculpture, ceramics, drawings, posters, editions or a more specific painting medium, so those categories should not be assumed for Edward Ladell without object-level evidence.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a work attributed to Edward Ladell should begin with identity and object-level comparability, not a headline artist average. The source pack documents paintings and several still-life subjects, including fruit, a basket of fruit, and an arrangement with mallard, prawns and Savoy cabbage. Useful comparisons should therefore match work type, subject and composition as closely as the available records allow. Attribution wording also matters: a work catalogued as by Ladell is not equivalent to one qualified as attributed to, circle of or manner of the artist. When auction records are available, sale date, dimensions, catalogued medium, condition language and realized result should be reviewed together. The supplied evidence contains an aggregate record count but no individual major-auction-house lots, so it does not support a price forecast or market-trend claim.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records and auction-house context. When record-level evidence is available, appraisal research may consider sale dates, realized prices and comparable lots; this profile does not treat an aggregate record count as a substitute for reviewing those records.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20203329
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/ladell-edward-18211886
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500012105
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/24875374/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr92032046
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/47310
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Ladell_(1).jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Still_Life_with_Mallard,_Prawns_and_Savoy_by_Edward_Ladell.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Ladell_(1821-1886)_-_Still_Life_with_Fruit_-_493_-_Touchstones_Rochdale.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Ladell_(1821-1886)_-_Basket_of_Fruit_-_Lad_1_-_Rye_Art_Gallery.jpg