JOHN COMERFORD (IRISH 1770-1831) Portrait miniature of a Gentleman, circa 1800 wearing a black coat and waistcoat, white shirt and tied cravat Indistinctly signed and dated 1805 on the obverse Watercolour on ivory Original black papier-mâché frame with verre eglomise border Oval, 55mm (2 3/4) in Exhibited: Comerford Collection at the Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009 Literature: The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009); pp 9, 39 (#148)