Edward Dayes (1763–1804) committed suicide in May 1804 and a sale at the auction house of Charles Farebrother of the ‘Library of Books, beautiful Drawings, Books of Prints, &c. &c. by that justly esteemed and admired Artist, Mr. Dayes, deceased’ was advertised soon afterwards. No copy of the catalogue has been traced. The large number of low-priced 'Drawings' included in this 1806 sale suggests that Dayes' widow kept back the bulk of his sketches and it may have been at this sale that Dr Thomas Monro (1759–1833) acquired the large number of the artist's works that were included in his posthumous sale (Christie's, 2 July 1833).

Lugt, Catalogues, no.7053

Copy consulted: Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum, London

• 114 – ‘Seventy Drawings – Sketches, various, by Mr. Dayes’. Sold for 10s
• 115 – ‘Eighty-one do. By do.’ Sold for 10s
• 122 – ‘Forty-seven Drawings – Real Views, by Dayes’. Sold for £2 2s
• 123 – ‘Nineteen do. do.' Sold for £1 17s
• 124 – ‘Twenty do. do.' Sold for £1 1s
• 125 – ‘Twenty-five do. do.' Sold for £1 1s
• 126 – ‘Twenty-two do. do.' Sold for 6s 6d
• 127 – ‘Thirty-four do. do.' Sold for £2 12s 6d
• 128 – ‘Thirty do. do.' Sold for £1 18s
• 129 – ‘Thirty-eight do. do.' Sold for 15s
• 130 – ‘Twenty do. do.' Sold for £2 2s
• 131 – ‘’Twenty do. do.' Sold for £1 14s
• 132 – ‘Twenty do. do.' Sold for £2 2s
• 133 – ‘Twenty-seven, of Castles, real Views, do.’
• 134 – ‘Eight Drawings, in colours, by do.’
• 135 – ‘Eight do. of Figures, by do.’
• 136 – ‘Four Portfolios’

‘Prints and Pictures Framed’

• 137 – ‘A Female Head, from Greuze, by Dayes, mezz.’
• 138 – ‘A Drawing, of a Mill at Llan, North Wales, Dayes’
• 139 – ‘Dover Castle, a Drawing, in colours, by do.’
• 140 – ‘The Fall of the Angels, large Drawing, by do.’
• 141 – ‘The Tame Stag, from Gray’s Fables, an Oil Painting, by Dayes’
• 142 – ‘View (large) of Shrewsbury, do. by do.’
• 148 – ‘Nine Studies, by Brower and Girtin’
• 151 – ‘Twenty-four, Sherwin and Dayes’