# Edward Roworth artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/edward-roworth/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:26:44.563Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: South African
- Common media: Painting, Oil on canvas (documented example)

## About Edward Roworth

Edward Roworth (1880–1964) is identified by Wikidata and VIAF as a South African painter. The available authority data is concise and does not establish a securely sourced movement, training history, or exact birth and death dates. A documented Wikimedia Commons example credited to Roworth is an oil-on-canvas portrait of Sir Joseph Robinson, while another Commons record credits him with a portrait of Lady Michaelis. These examples place portraiture among his documented subjects without defining the full range of his work. Appraisily’s supplied input associates 226 auction records with his name, helping explain why collectors may encounter Roworth in sale catalogues and appraisal research. Because institutional biography and lot-level evidence in the collected pack are limited, medium, subject, date, signature, and attribution should be assessed for each object rather than inferred from a broad career summary. Entity matching is strongest through Wikidata Q5345126 and VIAF 315944613.

## Common works and media

The available sources support painting as Roworth’s occupation. Wikimedia Commons records document at least two portraits credited to him, including a portrait of Sir Joseph Robinson explicitly described as oil on canvas and another depicting Lady Michaelis. This limited evidence supports mentioning portraiture and oil painting as documented examples, but it does not establish that they dominate his career or auction appearances. Submitted works should be described from the object itself, with medium, support, subject, inscription, dimensions, and condition recorded independently of the artist-name match.

## Market and appraisal context

The supplied Appraisily input associates 226 auction records with Edward Roworth, but the collected public page did not expose individual lot descriptions or results because it returned a rate-limit response. Those records may provide useful comparable context once their artist attribution, medium, subject, sale date, auction house, and realized result can be inspected. The present source pack does not support a price trend, scarcity claim, or prediction of value. It also does not show how provenance, condition, dimensions, date, or attribution influenced specific sales. Any appraisal should therefore distinguish the well-supported identity of Roworth as a South African painter from object-level and market conclusions that require fuller evidence.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records. When lot-level records are available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and genuinely comparable lots can inform appraisal research. For Edward Roworth, the collected authority evidence is stronger than the currently accessible lot-level market evidence.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5345126
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/315944613/
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/roworth-edward-18801964
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Roworth
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Robinson01.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lady_Michaelis01.jpg
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/edward-roworth/