James Basire Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia
2 works online
Christchurch Art Gallery / Te Puna O Waiwhetu, New Zealand
National Library of Australia, Canberra
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
California State University WorldImages Database
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Additional Image Search Tools: NEW!
(SafeSearch set to "strict"; go to Advanced Search (Flickr/Google) or Preferences (Bing) to change)
Articles and Reference Sites:
Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt) 
Entry for the Basire family
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
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