THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
JOHN COMERFORD (1770-1832)
An Architect, facing left in moss-coloured coat, white waistcoat and cravat, seated at a table with architectural plans laid before him, holding a compass in his right hand, rulers, red leather case and open book
Details
JOHN COMERFORD (1770-1832)
An Architect, facing left in moss-coloured coat, white waistcoat and cravat, seated at a table with architectural plans laid before him, holding a compass in his right hand, rulers, red leather case and open book
signed 'Comerford' (bottom right)
rectangular, 4 7/16 x 3 3/8 in. (113 x 85 mm.), ormolu frame with laurel and berry border
An Architect, facing left in moss-coloured coat, white waistcoat and cravat, seated at a table with architectural plans laid before him, holding a compass in his right hand, rulers, red leather case and open book
signed 'Comerford' (bottom right)
rectangular, 4 7/16 x 3 3/8 in. (113 x 85 mm.), ormolu frame with laurel and berry border
Provenance
Hilde Frank Collection, Leipzig.
Literature
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, I, p. 158, II, p. 934, illustrated III, pl. 131, no. 242.
Exhibited
Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Chefs-d'oeuvre de la miniature et de la gouache, 1956, no. 87.
Vienna, Albertina, Meisterwerke der europäischen Miniaturmalerei von 1750 bis 1850, 1965, no. 53.
Vienna, Albertina, Meisterwerke der europäischen Miniaturmalerei von 1750 bis 1850, 1965, no. 53.