James Smetham — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works22

Museum Acquisitions

Art Institute of Chicago

The Days of Noah, 1860

Acquired 2013

Etching on ivory wove paper

Tate

Saul Hiding

Acquired 1996

Oil paint on wood

Tate

The Eve of St Agnes, 1858

Acquired 1917

Ink and watercolour on paper

Tate

Naboth in his Vineyard, 1856

Tate

Tate

Tate

Tate

The Death of Earl Siward, 1861

Acquired 1898

Etching on paper

Tate

The Resurrection of the Daisy, 1861

Acquired 1898

Etching on paper

Tate

The Lord of the Sabbath, 1861

Acquired 1898

Etching on paper

Tate

Mr Robert Levett, 1861

Tate

Tate

Tate

Tate

Forsake Not the Law of Thy Mother

Acquired 1898

Etching on paper

Previous Sales

Sotheby's

Girl with a Mandolin

Sold

Dec 2025

Christie's

Flora

Christie's

Christie's

Christ preaching to the multitudes

£10,625 ($14k USD)

Jun 2014

Christie's

Saul "hiding among the stuff"

£1,250 ($2k USD)

Nov 2010

Christie's

A wayfarer resting by a lake

Christie's

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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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The Days of Noah

Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.757 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Saul Hiding

Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1996 · Accession T08259 · Oil paint on wood

Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996

The Eve of St Agnes

Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1917 · Accession N03204 · Ink and watercolour on paper

Bequeathed by W.C. Alexander 1917

Naboth in his Vineyard

Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1917 · Accession N03203 · Oil paint on wood

Bequeathed by W.C. Alexander 1917

The Days of Noah

Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1912 · Accession N02916 · Etching on paper

Presented by J. Fairhurst 1912

The Water-Lily

Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1898 · Accession N02404 · Etching on paper