# Ernest George artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1839-06-13
- Nationality: British
- Movements: Late Victorian and Edwardian architecture
- Common media: Architectural watercolour, Etching, Landscape watercolour, Architectural drawing

## About Ernest George

Sir Ernest George (1839–1922) was a British architect, watercolourist, and etcher active during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. Born in London on 13 June 1839, he trained and practiced as an architect while building a parallel reputation for accomplished landscape and architectural watercolours and etchings. He was knighted in 1911 in recognition of his contributions to architecture. George's graphic work depicts European cityscapes, architectural subjects, and travelled landscapes rendered in a fluent, topographical tradition. His dual career as a practicing architect and exhibiting artist places his output at the intersection of professional architectural rendering and fine-art printmaking. Collectors encounter his work primarily through etchings, watercolours, and architectural drawings that circulate at auction and in print collections.

## Common works and media

The most frequently encountered works by Ernest George at auction are etchings of architectural and European topographical subjects, landscape and architectural watercolours, and preparatory or finished architectural drawings. Etchings may appear as individual plates or as part of published series. Watercolours range from quickly sketched travel views to more finished exhibition pieces. Works are typically modestly scaled and executed on paper.

## Market and appraisal context

Ernest George's work appears regularly at auction, with over 2,300 recorded lots, predominantly etchings, watercolours, and works on paper. Architectural and topographical subjects tend to attract the strongest interest. Valuation depends on medium, size, subject matter, condition of the paper or plate, and documented provenance or exhibition history. Etchings from his published series are more common at auction, while unique watercolours command higher prices. Attribution should be confirmed against published references, as his common name may lead to confusion with other artists.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research from authority files and scholarly sources with auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Ernest George, identity data is grounded in the Library of Congress Name Authority File, VIAF, RKD, and Wikidata.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5393109
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_George
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/54421406/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011102420
- RKD (Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie): https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/30948