FRANÇOIS FERRIERE (SWISS 1752–1839) Portrait miniature of a young boy, wearing dark blue coat and tied white cravat Signed with initials FF on the obverse Watercolour on ivory Gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal locks of blonde hair tied with seed pearls and gold wire on opalescent glass surrounded by pearls and white enamel within further plaited hair border Oval, 60mm (2 1/2in) high Exhibited: The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, The Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009 Literature: The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009) pp 6. 13 (#3)