# Timothy Cole artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/timothy-cole/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:47:53.747Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Wood engraving, Printmaking

## Portrait

![Timothy Cole](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Portrait_of_Timothy_Cole.jpg)
Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Timothy_Cole.jpg

## About Timothy Cole

Timothy Cole (1852–1931) was an American wood engraver and printmaker born in England. Authority records maintained by Wikidata, VIAF, and Getty ULAN identify the same historical artist, providing useful anchors for distinguishing him from other people named Timothy Cole. His documented specialty places his work within the print culture of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Collectors are most likely to encounter his name on wood engravings and related prints rather than on paintings or sculpture. When cataloging a possible work, the most reliable identity markers are the 1852–1931 lifespan, the American designation, his English birth, and the linked authority identifiers. The available source pack does not establish a specific artistic movement, recurring subject, named series, or catalogue raisonné, so those details should not be inferred from the artist’s occupation alone. Museum and library authority links provide a foundation for further object-level research.

## Common works and media

Works encountered under Timothy Cole’s name are most plausibly wood engravings and related prints, reflecting the occupation recorded by Wikidata and VIAF. The present evidence does not substantiate particular subjects, named series, editions, publication projects, paintings, drawings, or sculptures. Cataloging should preserve the precise medium and any printed inscriptions, publication information, or attribution language shown on the object.

## Market and appraisal context

Public Appraisily records associate Timothy Cole’s name with an established group of auction entries, principally relevant to prints and wood engravings. An appraisal should first confirm that the object fits the documented medium and that its attribution refers to the American printmaker who lived from 1852 to 1931. Comparable lots are most useful when their work type, catalog attribution, sale date, and realized price are available and genuinely similar. The supplied source pack does not include detailed auction-house catalog entries, condition reports, edition information, provenance, or verified price trends. Those object-level details should therefore be evaluated from the work and its documentation rather than assumed from the artist name or aggregate record count.

## 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 conclusions remain limited to the evidence attached to each artist and object.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7807116
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/27338808/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500022162
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/timothy-cole/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Timothy_Cole.jpg