RICHARD CROSSE (BRITISH 1742-1810) Portrait miniature of a Lady, circa 1770 wearing a blue surcoat over a low cut white dress with frilled white underslip, a strand of pearls and gold chain at her corsage, her upswept hair entwined with strands of pearls and gauze veil Watercolour on ivory Gold frame Oval, 50mm (2in) high Exhibited: Comerford Collection at the Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009 Literature: The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009) pp 11, 57 (#249) Crosse was a leading English painter of portrait miniatures. He was a contemporary of John Smart, George Engleheart, Richard Cosway and William Wood. Born deaf and dumb he lived and worked in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, from 1760. His brother kept the house and acted as liaison between Crosse and his clients, which included the Prince of Wales and the Dukes of Cumberland and Gloucester.