Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex (1539-1576) (after British (English) School)
Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
circa 1820
Materials
Enamel
Measurements
205 mm (H)160 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1250527
Summary
Enamel portrait miniature, Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex (1539-1576) (after British (English) School) by Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834).c.1820. Three-quarter length portrait, turned slightly to left, facing spectator, in armour, brown hair, beard and moustache his left hand on his helmet; architectural background. The original in the collection at Blithfield was sold by Sotheby's in 1967.
Provenance
The Bone-enamels at Kingston Lacy, copied from paintings in well-known houses, were mostly acquired by William Bankes at auction in 1836, from a set of 85 which had been unsuccessfully offered to the nation for £4000 by the elder Bone. William gave the bulk of them to his brother the Rev Edward Bankes. After William's flight abroad in 1841, Edward returned them to Kingston Lacy.
Marks and inscriptions
WALTER DEVEREUX, EARL of ESSEX / 5 (painted in black on fixed gilt label, centred under image)
Makers and roles
Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834), artist after British (English) School, artist