WALTER STEPHENS LETHBRIDGE (BRITISH 1772-1831) Portrait miniature of a Midshipman, circa 1800 wearing a blue uniform with gold buttons, cliffs and seascape in background  Signed on the reverse Number 96 Strand/ London Watercolour on ivory Gilt-mounted rectangular black papier-mache frame  Oval, 75mm (3 in) high Exhibited: Comerford Collection at the Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009  Literature: The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009); pp 9, 45 (#181) In 1798 Lethbridge enrolled at the Royal Academy Schools. He developed a large clientele among the leading figures of the stage and established a thriving practice in his studio on the Strand.