# Yeend King artist context and auction value notes Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/yeend-king/ Profile generated: 2026-05-06T19:12:55.610Z Quality: high confidence, strong sources ## Artist identity - Birth date: 1855-08-21 - Death date: 1924-06-10 - Nationality: British - Movements: Victorian genre and landscape painting - Common media: Oil painting, Illustration ## About Yeend King Yeend King (1855–1924), born Henry John Yeend King in London, was a British painter and illustrator recognized for Victorian-era genre scenes and pastoral landscapes. Active from roughly 1870 until his death in 1924, he spent most of his life in London and worked from St. John's Wood. King painted the English countryside with a particular fondness for rivers, water mills, cottage gardens, and village life, often incorporating domestic animals and seasonal themes. His work also extended to book illustration, including Charles Lever's 'The Widow Malone.' King's paintings are held in public collections including the Tate, and he is documented in standard reference works such as Bénézit and Thieme/Becker. His output reflects the late-Victorian taste for idyllic rural subjects rendered in a naturalistic style. ## Common works and media The most commonly encountered works by Yeend King are oil paintings depicting rural English landscapes, riverside scenes with water mills and brooks, cottage gardens, and pastoral genre subjects. Titles recorded in authority files include 'Aldermaston, Berkshire,' 'The Brook,' 'By a Water Mill,' 'Chagford Mill,' 'Christmas Morning,' 'A Corner of the Lane,' 'A Cottage Garden, Braemar, Aberdeenshire,' 'Courtship,' and 'The Curious Geese.' He also produced illustrations for published books and prints. Collectors may encounter works in oil on canvas, watercolor, and reproductive print form. ## Market and appraisal context Yeend King has a well-established and liquid auction market spanning over three decades, with 486 recorded lots of which 280 carry realized prices. The price distribution is wide: the low end starts at approximately £20, the interquartile range runs from roughly £460 to £2,750, and the median sits near £1,121. A single outlier reached approximately £70,970, indicating that exceptional or large-scale works can achieve significantly higher prices. Liquidity has been consistent, with 11 lots appearing in the most recent 12-month window and 13 in the prior 12-month period, suggesting stable collector demand. The artist has sold through major international houses including Christie's, Sotheby's, and Bonhams, as well as prominent UK regional firms such as Dreweatts 1759, Sworders, Mallams, and Dominic Winter Auctions. Recent results from 2025–2026 show typical oil-on-canvas genre and landscape subjects trading in the £380–£3,500 / $375–$3,250 range, with the strongest recent price (£3,500 at Dreweatts for 'Two Girls by a Mill') going to a characteristic rural genre scene. Works appearing at US houses such as Freeman's and DuMouchelles demonstrate transatlantic collector reach. ## Auction-house-backed market evidence Yeend King has a well-established and liquid auction market spanning over three decades, with 486 recorded lots of which 280 carry realized prices. The price distribution is wide: the low end starts at approximately £20, the interquartile range runs from roughly £460 to £2,750, and the median sits near £1,121. A single outlier reached approximately £70,970, indicating that exceptional or large-scale works can achieve significantly higher prices. Liquidity has been consistent, with 11 lots appearing in the most recent 12-month window and 13 in the prior 12-month period, suggesting stable collector demand. The artist has sold through major international houses including Christie's, Sotheby's, and Bonhams, as well as prominent UK regional firms such as Dreweatts 1759, Sworders, Mallams, and Dominic Winter Auctions. Recent results from 2025–2026 show typical oil-on-canvas genre and landscape subjects trading in the £380–£3,500 / $375–$3,250 range, with the strongest recent price (£3,500 at Dreweatts for 'Two Girls by a Mill') going to a characteristic rural genre scene. Works appearing at US houses such as Freeman's and DuMouchelles demonstrate transatlantic collector reach. ### Appraisal notes An Appraisily appraisal for a Yeend King painting would draw on the 280 priced auction records to establish a comparable-lot range, then refine against the specific work's attributes. Key inputs the appraiser would combine with the auction data include: high-resolution photographs to confirm signature style and brushwork, documented dimensions (canvas size significantly affects value—larger works tend toward the upper quartile), medium confirmation (oil on canvas commands the primary market; watercolors and prints trade at lower tiers), condition report addressing any relining, retouching, or craquelure typical of Victorian-era canvases, provenance documentation (gallery labels, exhibition history, or prior collection records such as a Tate provenance would support a premium), and framing details. The appraiser would select 3–5 comparable lots from the recent sold pool—matching subject matter, size, and condition—to triangulate a fair-market or replacement value. Given the price dispersion in the record set, subject-matter quality and painting size are the strongest differentiators between a mid-hundreds and a mid-thousands result. ### Valuation factors - Subject matter: pastoral genre scenes with figures (cottages, gardens, mills, riverbanks with people or animals) are the most frequently traded and tend to realize mid-range to upper-quartile prices; pure landscapes without figures generally trade lower. - Canvas size: larger works (24 inches and above) tend toward the upper half of the price distribution; small cabinet paintings and sketches trade toward the lower quartile. - Condition: as Victorian-era oil paintings, condition is a critical factor—relining, overpainting, surface dirt, and frame damage can materially reduce value. Original canvas and untouched surfaces carry a premium. - Provenance and exhibition history: documented provenance from a named collection, gallery label, or public exhibition (e.g., Tate holding) can support a significant value premium over undocumented works. - Attribution confidence: the variation between 'Henry John Yeend King' and 'John Henry Yeend King' in auction catalogs confirms that attribution is well-established, but unsigned or questionable works would require expert verification and would trade at a discount. - Market venue: sales at Christie's, Sotheby's, or Bonhams typically achieve higher realizations than regional houses for comparable works, reflecting buyer confidence in cataloguing and condition reporting at top-tier houses. - Currency and geography: UK-based auctions dominate the record set and are denominated in GBP; US and continental European sales introduce currency-adjusted pricing that may differ from the GBP-denominated median. ### Collector notes - If you own a Yeend King painting and are considering an appraisal or sale: his works appear at auction roughly once per month across UK and occasional US venues, so there is a predictable buyer pool. Typical oil-on-canvas genre and landscape paintings in good condition currently trade in the £500–£3,500 range (approximately $650–$4,500), with outliers above and below. For sellers, consigning to a recognized UK house with a dedicated British and European art department (e.g., Dreweatts, Sworders, or a Bonhams specialist sale) tends to produce stronger results than general-estate auctions. For buyers, the market is liquid enough to be selective—waiting for a well-documented work with good provenance is feasible given the regular supply. Be aware that some listings use slightly variant name forms ('Henry John Yeend King,' 'John Henry Yeend King,' or simply 'Yeend King'), so searching under all aliases will surface the fullest set of comparables. ### Market caveats - The Appraisily auction-record dataset contains 486 lots with 280 priced; 206 lots lack realized prices (unsold, withdrawn, or price not reported), which means the price distribution reflects only sold works and may overstate typical realizations. - The maximum recorded price of approximately £70,970 is a significant outlier relative to the interquartile range (£460–£2,750) and should not be used as a benchmark for a typical work. - Currency conversion between GBP, USD, and EUR lots is not applied in the source data; collectors should normalize to a single currency when comparing across sale venues. - Several recent lots from Broward Auction Gallery (US) have no recorded prices across multiple appearances of what appears to be the same or similar painting, which may indicate estimates were not met or the work was reoffered. - Auction records alone do not constitute an appraisal; condition, attribution, provenance, and physical inspection by a qualified specialist are required for a defensible valuation. - No category-specific breakdown (e.g., oil vs. watercolor vs. print) is available in the source pack, so price dispersion reflects the aggregate of all media. ### Market evidence sources - undefined: https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/yeend-king/seo-profile?recentLimit=24&relatedLimit=0 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-henry-john-yeend-king-uk-1855-1924-oil-painting-antique-279-c-81e4f42893 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-henry-john-yeend-king-british-1855-1924-a-wooded-landscape-with-a-girl-and-a-cow-by-a-bridge-159-c-d7eb7c7228 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-henry-john-yeend-king-british-1855-1924-two-women-on-a-terrace-64-c-3120da7ed5 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-henry-john-yeend-king-1855-1924-bri-7285-c-bfa680c992 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-henry-john-yeend-king-english-1855-1924-oil-on-canvas-1880-1900-mother-and-child-tending-sheep-h-23-5-w-18-frame-size-h-32-w-26-1023-c-3ff4b81834 ## Appraisily data basis Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research from museum, library authority, and scholarly sources with auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lot data. For Yeend King, identity data is grounded in the Library of Congress Name Authority File, Getty ULAN, VIAF, RKD, and the Tate collection. Auction and market observations draw from Appraisily's database of over 600 associated lots and standard art-market reference sources. ## Sources - Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2020072090 - Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-henry-yeend-king-309 - RKD (Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie): https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/44414 - VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/312754/ - Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500022243 - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21453404 - VIAF / National Library of Ireland: https://viaf.org/viaf/315667845/