# Lucy Dawson artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/lucy-dawson/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:52:16.909Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Common media: Illustration, Works on paper and prints, Fine art and paintings

## About Lucy Dawson

Lucy Dawson (1875–1954) was a British artist and illustrator whose surviving bibliographic identity is closely associated with dogs. VIAF connects her with the alternate name “Mac” and with publications including Dogs as I See Them, described in the authority record as containing 22 color illustrations, and Le chien: encyclopédie canine. These records support describing Dawson as an animal illustrator, although the collected sources do not establish a formal movement, school, training history, or complete career chronology. Collectors may encounter her name on dog and animal studies, illustrations, works on paper, prints, or paintings offered through the secondary market. Appraisily currently maintains a substantial directory of auction records under her name, but each object still requires individual examination. Attribution, signature form, medium, condition, date, and any relationship to a known publication should be checked before drawing conclusions about authorship or value.

## Common works and media

The strongest collected evidence associates Lucy Dawson with illustrations of dogs and, more broadly, animal subjects. Works encountered for research or appraisal may include drawings, printed illustrations, works on paper, prints, and paintings. The source pack does not establish a reliable body of sculpture or mixed-media work, even though those categories appear in the broad Appraisily auction directory. For illustrated or editioned material, identify the publication, printing, edition, plate or page relationship, inscriptions, and whether the object is an original work or a reproduction.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's current market index contains 119 source-directory records for Lucy Dawson and a snapshot of 90 tracked lots. The published snapshot reports a median realized sale near $519, with the latest recorded sale dated November 8, 2023, but it records no sales during the stated trailing 12-month period. These figures describe the available public dataset, not a price forecast. A useful appraisal comparison should match the object's medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, signature or inscriptions, attribution confidence, and publication or edition details. Provenance, restoration, exhibition history, catalogue references, rarity, and genuinely comparable public auction results can also affect the analysis. Private sales and incomplete auction feeds may produce a different market picture.

## 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. Coverage can be incomplete, so the data supports research and appraisal rather than replacing object-specific authentication and condition review.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/14496956/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98763598
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/lucy-dawson/