SAMUEL SHELLEY (BRITISH 1750/56-1808) Portrait miniature of a Gentleman, circa 1775, wearing a tan coloured coat, white waistcoat and stock, his powdered hair en queue Signed SShelley on the obverse Watercolour on ivory Gold frame, the reverse later engraved with cipher Oval, 37mm high (1 1/2 in) Exhibitions: Comerford Collection at the Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009 Literature: The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009) pp 12,63 (#284) Whilst Shelley occasionally signed in full on the reverse of his miniatures it is unusual for him to sign on the front.