Sir Piercie Shafton and Mysie Happer
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
Date Created
1831
Dimensions
unframed: 42.1cm x 34.8cm
framed: 61.5cm x 54.5cm
accession number
1912.59
Collection Group
Place of creation
England
Support
canvas
Medium
oil paint
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