HORACE HONE A.R.A. (BRITISH 1754/6-1825) Portrait miniature of a Gentleman, circa 1790 wearing a blue coat and frilled cravat, his hair powdered and curled Watercolour on ivory Gold frame, the reverse with locks of brown hair (with hints of pearl monogram - missing) within bright cut mount and blue glass border Oval, 70 mm (3 in) high Exhibited: Comerford Collection at the Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009 Literature: The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009) pp 7, 27 (# 77) Although seemingly not signed this work bears many characteristics of Horace Hone's hand