# John Rogers Herbert artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:33:14.071Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: English
- Movements: Pre-Raphaelitism (precursor and influence, rather than documented membership)
- Common media: Painting

## About John Rogers Herbert

John Rogers Herbert (1810–1890) was an English painter represented in Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and several museum catalogues. Modern summaries frequently position him as a precursor to Pre-Raphaelitism and describe his influence on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, although the accessible evidence for that characterization in this source pack is chiefly encyclopedic rather than scholarly. The documented titles reveal a broad narrative range. They include biblical material such as David, the Future King of Israel, While a Shepherd at Bethlehem; British historical subjects such as Sir Thomas More and his Daughter; and literary works associated with figures including Cordelia and Francesca. Other records point to religious labor, Venetian subjects, and a Nile setting. Collectors may encounter Herbert under a stable identity shared across museum and library authority systems, while Appraisily aggregates associated auction records. This profile therefore emphasizes verified identity and documented works rather than unsupported claims about a single signature style or market trajectory.

## Common works and media

The available authority records and named images principally document paintings. Examples in the source pack include David, the Future King of Israel, While a Shepherd at Bethlehem; Laborare est Orare; Sir Thomas More and his Daughter; Asyut on the Nil; and Francesca. VIAF also associates Herbert with Assertion of Liberty of Conscience by the Independents of the Westminster Assembly of Divines, 1644, Cordelia Disinherited, and The Brides of Venice. These records support biblical, religious, historical, literary, and place-based subject categories. The pack does not establish that prints, drawings, sculptures, editions, or other media are common auction types for Herbert, so those categories should not be presented as typical without additional evidence.

## Market and appraisal context

The collected market evidence establishes that public auction records are associated with Herbert, but it does not provide accessible lot-level results from a major auction house. Comparisons should therefore be made record by record and should favor works with compatible type and subject matter. The documented titles span biblical, historical, literary, and place-based scenes, making an undifferentiated comparison across all Herbert works unreliable. Before relying on auction comparables, the object itself should be checked for attribution, date, medium, dimensions, condition, provenance, and inscriptions. Those object-specific facts are not established by this artist profile. Sale date, auction-house description, realized price, currency, and material differences between lots should be stated when records are available; the source pack does not support a general price forecast or market-trend conclusion.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323854
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/6694365/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500004979
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-rogers-herbert-251
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG31295
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rogers_Herbert
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rogers_Herbert
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/john-rogers-herbert/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Rogers_Herbert_-_David,_the_Future_King_of_Israel,_While_a_Shepherd_at_Bethlehem.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Rogers_Herbert_(1810-1890)_-_Laborare_est_Orare_-_T01455_-_Tate.jpg