Sir Piercie Shafton and Mysie Happer

Henry Liverseege, 1803 - 1832



Sir Piercie Shafton and Mysie Happer

Henry Liverseege 1803 - 1832

Summary

Scene from The Monastery by Sir Walter Scott, depicting Sir Piercie Shafton and Mysie Happer. Sir Piercie, in wealthy courtier's clothes and hat, lounges across a wooden chair to the right, by a small table on which is set a bottle of beer and a glass. Demure Mysie Happer, dressed in white, enters from the left, carrying a tray of food for Sir Piercie. There is a heavy wooden door in the background to the right; the background to the left is hidden in a shadow.

Display Label

Sir Piercie Shafton and Mysie Happer about 1831 Henry Liverseege 1802-32 Oil on canvas Sir Piercie Shafton is an arrogant knight in Sir Walter Scott’s novel ‘The Monastery’,1820. Mysie Happer is the miller’s daughter, greatly impressed by the knight’s fine ways. Although she loves Sir Piercie, she is humble, and so she waits at his table like a servant. Liverseege was a Manchester artist who had a national reputation in his lifetime. He was physically weak, and died aged 29. His admirers imagined that his name would live on, but sadly his pictures fell out of fashion. Purchased 1912.59


Object Name

Sir Piercie Shafton and Mysie Happer

Creators Name

Henry Liverseege

Date Created

1831

Dimensions

unframed: 42.1cm x 34.8cm
framed: 61.5cm x 54.5cm

accession number

1912.59

Place of creation

England

Support

canvas

Medium

oil paint

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