Lot Essay
Another version, part of a triptych also featuring Thomas Moore and Lord Byron, signed and dated 1852, 1849 and 1858, was sold Christie's, London, 23 May 1978, lot 66.
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Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), in brown coat and waistcoat, white shirt and black cravat, forward combed grey hair
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WILLIAM ESSEX (BRITISH, 1784-1829)
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), in brown coat and waistcoat, white shirt and black cravat, forward combed grey hair
signed 'painted by WEssex.' (mid-right) and signed, dated and fully inscribed on the counter-enamel 'Sir Walter Scott Bart. Painted by W. Essex. AD 1843 Enamel painter to Her Majesty & H.R.H. Prince Albert After the Origl. Picture by Sir T.Lawrence.'
enamel on copper
oval, 3 9/16 in. (90 mm.) high, rectangular gilt-metal mount
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), in brown coat and waistcoat, white shirt and black cravat, forward combed grey hair
signed 'painted by WEssex.' (mid-right) and signed, dated and fully inscribed on the counter-enamel 'Sir Walter Scott Bar
enamel on copper
oval, 3 9/16 in. (90 mm.) high, rectangular gilt-metal mount
Provenance
Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 3-7 September 1935, lot 1778.
Ernst Holzscheiter, Meilen, inv. no. 205, M/D 0089; sale, part I, Sotheby's, London, 28 March 1977, lot 64.
Ernst Holzscheiter, Meilen, inv. no. 205, M/D 0089; sale, part I, Sotheby's, London, 28 March 1977, lot 64.
Literature
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, I, p. 240, II, p. 951 no. 378, illustrated III, pl. 200, no. 378.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
Sale room notice
Please note that this oval enamel is framed in a rectangular gilt-metal mount and not an oval gilt-metal mount as illustrated in the catalogue illustration.