ANDREW PLIMER (BRITISH 1763-1837) Portrait miniature of an unknown Gentleman, wearing brown coat, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, his powdered hair worn en queue   Signed with the initials AP and dated 1786 on the obverse  Watercolour on ivory  Set in later 9ct gold frame Birmingham 1950  Oval 40mm (13/4 in)  Exhibitions: Comerford Collection at the Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009  Literature: The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009) pp 11, 62, (#279) This miniature falls into Plimer's early works, which up to circa 1789 were signed and dated, after that time he ceased to sign or date