HORACE HONE A.R.A. (BRITISH 1754/6-1825) Portrait miniature of an unknown Gentleman wearing a brown coat, spotted double-breasted waistcoat and frilled cravat Signed on the obverse with monogram HH and dated 1795 Watercolour on ivory Gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal gold monogram on opalescent glass within a border of plaited hair Oval, 73 mm (3 in) high Exhibited: Comerford Collection at the Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009 Literature: Paul Caffrey, John Comerford and the portrait miniature in Ireland c 1620-1850, Kilkenny Archaeological Society, 1999, p. 30 Number 51, illustrated in colour p. 37; The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009) pp 8, 29 (# 93)