EDWARD VAUGHAN (BRITISH fl. 1772-1814) A double sided portrait miniature of husband and wife, circa 1780 she in profile to the left, wearing a white dress trimmed with blue ribbon at her corsage, matching ribbon and white plume entwined in her powdered grey wig; he in profile to the right, wearing a black suit, powdered hair en queue Watercolour on ivory Set either side of a fine gold frame both sides embellished with white and blue enamel decorated with gold motif Oval, 47mm (1 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, 46 (# 187r and 187v) Although this pair does not appear to be signed, the use of grey tones in the background and profile stance are features found in other signed examples by Vaughan. Being set either side of a locket suggests that perhaps the miniatures were commissioned to celebrate the union of the couple through marriage.