JOHN COMERFORD (BRITISH 1770-1831) Portrait miniature a Gentleman, circa 1800 seated in a red upholstered chair wearing a dark blue suit Watercolour on ivory Original ormolu frame with laurel and berry border Rectangle 108mm (4 1/2 in) high Exhibitions: Comerford Collection at the Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009 Literature: The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009); pp 9, 38 (#144); Paul Caffrey, John Comerford and the Portrait Miniature in Ireland c. 1620-1850, at the Kilkenny Archaeological Society, 1999, p.54, Number 94, illustrated in colour p.43.