SAMUEL COOPER (BRITISH, 1609-1672)

PROPERTY FROM A BRITISH PRIVATE COLLECTION

Details

SAMUEL COOPER (BRITISH, 1609-1672)
A gentleman called Sir William Scott, later Lord Clerkington (d. 1656), in black doublet, slashed on front and sleeves to reveal white, lace-trimmed lawn collar, with long curling black hair, moustache and small pointed beard; blue background
signed with initials 'S.C.' (lower right)
on vellum
oval, 111/16 in. (43 mm.) high, gold frame, the reverse scratched 'Sr Wm Scot Bart'

Provenance

Peter Kaufmann Collection; Sotheby's, London, 13 October 1975, lot 58.
Harry Leo Danzig (b. 1923); Christie's, London, 25 November 1987, lot 408.
Christie's, London, 9 December 2008, lot 234.

Literature

Christie's Review of the Season 1988, illustrated in colour, p. 337.

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Lot Essay

This is a fine example of Cooper's early work circa 1640. Sir William Scott, Clerk of Sessions, Clerk of the Privy Council, and Clerk of Parliament, was knighted by King Charles I in November 1641. He was a member of the Committee of War in 1644, 1646, 1647 and 1649 and was M.P. for Haddington in 1645. Following the introduction of the Act of Classes in 1649, he was appointed Lord of Session on 7 June 1649, taking the title Lord Clerkington. He died in Edinburgh on 23 December 1656.

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