Edward Robert Taylor ( 1838 - 1911 ) was a British painter. Edward Robert Taylor s works have been put up for auction numerous times, with realized prices surpassing estimated prices, varying from 97.37 USD for Portrait of a monk, by repute Head of the Birmingham School of Art in 2005 to 455.65 USD for he Lifeboat "Duke of Northumberland" in heavy seas attending a wreck and passing the Cork Ligh