# Robert Thorne Waite artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:38:32.554Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Common media: Watercolour, Gouache

## About Robert Thorne Waite

Robert Thorne Waite (1842–1935) was a British painter identified through linked authority and museum records. The collected object evidence emphasizes watercolour, sometimes combined with gouache, and points to a sustained interest in outdoor subjects. Works associated with his name include a Sussex view on the Findon Downs, South Downs picnic scenes, and a small study of leaves and grasses dated 1862. The available sources do not securely associate Waite with a particular movement or school. Collectors may encounter signed watercolours, works carrying a monogram and date, and mixed watercolour-and-gouache sheets with descriptive place or subject titles. Because detailed biographical material was not readable in much of the collected source pack, identification should rely on his full name, life years, authority identifiers, inscriptions, provenance, and object-level evidence rather than broad stylistic labels.

## Common works and media

Collected examples are works on paper, especially watercolours and compositions combining watercolour with gouache. Documented subjects include Sussex and South Downs landscapes, outdoor picnic scenes, and studies of leaves and grasses. Examples may be signed, monogrammed, dated, or accompanied by place-specific titles, making inscriptions and object records important comparison points.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a work attributed to Robert Thorne Waite should begin with its medium, dimensions, signature or monogram, dated inscriptions, subject, and any identified location. Collected examples include both watercolour and watercolour with gouache, with documented dates ranging from an 1862 botanical study to landscapes described as circa 1900. Provenance may also matter; one recorded sheet was associated with the collection of Cyril Fry. These characteristics can be compared with public auction records for works of similar type, size, date, and subject. The source pack supplies neither realized prices nor condition reports, so it does not support a price forecast or market-trend claim.

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19953598
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500019446
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/70445085/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87153740
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000067083905
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/77317
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG50143
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/waite-robert-thorne-18421935
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/robert-thorne-waite/