# George M. Hathaway artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/george-m-hathaway/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T22:08:40Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Oil on panel

## About George M. Hathaway

George M. Hathaway was an American painter whose authority records place his life around 1852–1903. VIAF describes him both as a painter and, more specifically, as a marine artist. The limited work evidence in this source pack supports that emphasis: documented examples show Portland-area coastal and harbor subjects, including Cushing Island and a Maine harbor scene with a tug and sailing vessel. One collected record identifies an oil-on-panel work, indicating that small-format oils may be among the objects collectors encounter. No museum biography, training history, exhibition record, or documented movement was recovered, so Hathaway should not be assigned to a particular school on the present evidence. His identity is best established through linked Getty ULAN, Library of Congress, VIAF, and Wikidata records, while each attributed work requires separate examination of its authorship, medium, date, dimensions, and physical condition.

## Common works and media

The presently documented examples are marine and coastal paintings connected with Portland, Maine. Subjects include islands, harbors, tugboats, sailing vessels, and working waterfront activity. At least one work is recorded as oil on panel. The source pack does not establish whether Hathaway also produced prints, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, or formal editions, so those categories should not be attributed to him without additional object-level evidence.

## Market and appraisal context

Market review for George M. Hathaway should begin with closely comparable marine and coastal paintings. The available evidence includes an oil-on-panel view of Cushing Island and a Portland harbor composition featuring working and sailing vessels, making medium, support, location, and maritime subject useful comparison points. This source pack does not provide accessible lot-level results, realized prices, or a major-auction-house biography, so it cannot establish a price trend or valuation range. Any appraisal should examine the object directly and compare it with verified public sales that match the work’s medium, dimensions, subject, date, attribution, and condition as closely as possible.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Identity and market evidence are evaluated separately so that authority matching does not substitute for object-level appraisal.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137735117
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500083445
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/280216925/
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96281415/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012006551
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cushing_Island,_Portland_by_George_M._Hathaway.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coming_Through_the_Mists,_Maine_Harbor,_George_M._Hathaway.jpg
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/george-m-hathaway/