# John Rathbone artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:56:37.881Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British, English
- Common media: Painting

## About John Rathbone

John Rathbone, active around the turn of the nineteenth century, is identified by Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and Library of Congress authority data as an English or British painter who lived from about 1750 to 1807. The collected sources do not associate him securely with a named movement or school, so he is best presented through his period, occupation, and documented subject matter. A collected image connected with his biography identifies a view of Rochester, Kent, supporting landscape and place views as relevant contexts for his work. Collectors may encounter Rathbone through paintings attributed to him and through auction records grouped under his name. Because the available public biography is concise, careful entity matching is important: records should be checked against the authority identity for the painter born around 1750 rather than assumed to refer to any person sharing the name.

## Common works and media

The collected evidence supports paintings as Rathbone's principal work type and identifies at least one landscape or place view, depicting Rochester in Kent. It does not establish a reliable catalogue of additional media, series, print editions, sculptures, ceramics, or recurring subjects, so works outside the documented painting context require separate research.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a work attributed to John Rathbone should begin by confirming that the attribution matches the authority-identified English painter who lived circa 1750–1807. The source pack supports paintings and landscape or place views as relevant comparison categories, including a documented view of Rochester, Kent. Like-for-like public auction records should therefore be assessed by work type, subject, attribution wording, sale date, and the degree of visual comparability. The collected sources do not provide enough evidence to characterize price trends or artist-specific effects from condition, provenance, dimensions, or date. Any realized price should be treated as one historical data point rather than a prediction of current value.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16858259
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/305030560/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500011245
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2013015413
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rathbone_(artist)
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG43136
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/rathbone-john-17501807
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/john-rathbone/