THOMAS HAZLEHURST (BRITISH c. 1740- c. 1821) Portrait miniature of an unknown Gentleman wearing a blue coat, white waistcoat and frilled white cravat, powdered hair  Watercolour on ivory  Gold frame with bright-cut border and broach mount Oval, 50mm (2 in) high  Exhibited: Comerford Collection at the Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009  Literature: The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009) pp 9, 41 (# 160) Hazlehurst was born in Liverpool and was a pupil of Joshua Reynolds. He exhibited at the Society for Promoting Painting and Design in Liverpool between 1760 and 1818 and at the Liverpool Academy between 1810 and 1812. He made over £20,000 from his paintings but invested badly and died in poverty.