PETER PAILLOU JUNIOR (BRITISH 1757-1831) Portrait miniature of a Gentleman wearing an olive green coat, yellow and brown striped waistcoat, frilled chemise with jewelled pin and tied white cravat Signed and dated P. Paillou 1813 on the obverse Watercolour on ivory Gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal an entwined W in gold on interwoven locks of hair 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 12,65 (#295) Paillou was the son of a natural history painter and illustrator also named Peter Paillou, who is believed to have been born in France before migrating to England. Paillou Junior practiced in London for twenty years before moving to Glasgow for some years, where an 1803 advertisement states that he charged eight guineas for a miniature and ten guineas for a three quarter length portrait in oils.