# Wycliffe Egginton artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T15:14:21.806Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Common media: Watercolour, Drawing, Oil on canvas

## About Wycliffe Egginton

Wycliffe Egginton (1875–1951) was a British painter identified more specifically by international authority records as a watercolorist and draftsman. Publicly documented works in the collected sources center on landscapes: South Devon views, open fields, moorland, changing skies, and cattle in rural settings. Watercolour appears especially characteristic, while documented examples also include oils on canvas. The available evidence does not securely associate Egginton with a named movement, so the strongest supported context is British landscape art and work on paper. Collectors are likely to encounter signed watercolours and oil landscapes rather than works from a formally defined series. Art UK maintains an artist record, while Getty ULAN, VIAF, Library of Congress, ISNI, RKD, and Wikidata identifiers help distinguish him from similarly named makers. Appraisily’s matched auction records add sale-level context, but identity, medium, subject, and attribution should still be checked against the individual object.

## Common works and media

Auction and image records most commonly document landscape subjects in watercolour, including South Devon views, moorland, open fields, changing weather, and cattle in pastoral settings. Oils on canvas with related rural subjects also appear. Collectors may therefore encounter signed watercolours, drawings or other works on paper, and oil landscape paintings; medium and attribution should be verified from the object rather than inferred from the subject alone.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal should begin by comparing like with like. For Egginton, the medium, dimensions, subject, date, condition, restoration history, and quality of the painted surface can all affect the relevance of a comparable sale. A legible signature or inscription may support identification but does not by itself establish authorship; provenance and attribution confidence remain important. Watercolours should generally be compared with similar works on paper, while oils require separate comparables. Exhibition history, catalogue references, and the character of the landscape may further distinguish an example. Public auction results provide useful evidence, but private transactions, incomplete feeds, revised attributions, and inconsistent treatment of buyer premiums can limit direct price comparisons.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21466978
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500017502
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/36608617/
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/egginton-wycliffe-18751951
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/wycliffe-egginton/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wycliffe_Egginton_-_5ac48888e0.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wycliffe_Egginton_-_16f4ea1a07.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wycliffe_Egginton_-_963420486e.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wycliffe_Egginton_-_b35411b990.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wycliffe_Egginton_-_a384f9eaae.jpg