HENRY BURCH (BRITISH 1763-1834) Portrait miniature of Rev'd William Douglas, circa 1819 wearing black coat and waistcoat, white stock and frilled cravat Watercolour on ivory Original locket miniature, front and back, presented in gilt-mounted rectangular papier-mâché frame, the reverse with locks of hair tied with gold wire and seed pearls and the word Souvenir in gold on opalescent glass Oval, 70mm (2 3/4in) high Exhibited: Comerford Collection at the Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009 Literature: The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009); pp 10, 68 (#56) An extract from the Salisbury and Wiltshire journal dated 22nd March 1819, pasted to the reverse of the frame, states that William's "well known eloquence and energy as a preacher, proved his conviction of the truth and importance of the doctrines that he delivered". William, the son of Dr. Douglas, Bishop of Salisbury, was chancellor of the diocese of Westminster, Canon residentiary of that Cathedral and Vicar of Gillingham.