WILLIAM JOHN THOMPSON R.S.A (BRITISH 1771/3-1845) Portrait miniature of Mary Blair, wife of Sir John Singer, wearing a black dress with white lace fichu, fur trimmed black shawl and white bonnet Watercolour on ivory Gold frame set in red leather travelling case with old label inscribed Mary Blair wife of Sir John Singer Oval, 75mm (3in) high Exhibited: Comerford Collection at the Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009 Literature: The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009) pp 11, 59 (#259) 68 (sitter # 61). Thompson was born in Savannah and then went to England where he exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1796 to 1812. He later moved to Scotland where he was made an Academician of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1829.