The first major study of portrait miniatures from the Victorian era
William Essex (1784-1869)
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) Signed and dated 1841
Enamel | 7.3 x 6.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 421994
Essex's enamel is a copy after William Ross’s watercolour sketch of 1841 (914311).
Signed and dated in brown paint centre right: W. Essex. / 1841 and signed, dated and inscribed on the counter-enamel in black paint: VR / 1841 / Painted by W. Essex / Enamel painter to / Her Majesty / from a sketch by W.C. Ross Esq.
