Lot 96: 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 Bar t. Painted by W. Essex. AD 1843 Enamel painter to Her Majesty & H.R.H. Prince Albert After the Orig l. Picture by Sir T.Lawrence.'
enamel on copper
oval, 3 9/16 in. (90 mm.) high, rectangular gilt-metal mount

L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, I, p. 240, II, p. 951 no. 378, illustrated III, pl. 200, no. 378.

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.

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.

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.