(Fine Portrait Miniatures including The Comerford Collection, 25th March 2020) CHARLES ROBERTSON (IRISH 1760-1821) Portrait miniature of an unknown Gentleman wearing gold trimmed dark grey coat, and white waistcoat and stock, his powdered hair en queue Watercolour on ivory Gold bracelet clasp frame, with bright cut border Oval, 38 mm (1 1/2 in) high Exhibited: Comerford Collection at the Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009 Literature: Paul Caffrey, John Comerford and the Portrait Miniature in Ireland c 1620-1850, Kilkenny Archaeological Society, 1999, p. 28, Number 40, illustrated in colour p. 34; The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009) pp 8, 34 (# 120) Charles Robertson was born in Dublin and came from a distinguished family of jewellers and miniaturists. He spent most of his career there, apart from a long period in London between 1785-1792 and a shorter stay in 1806.
(Fine Portrait Miniatures including The Comerford Collection, 25th March 2020) CHARLES ROBERTSON (IRISH 1760-1821) Portrait miniature of an unknown Gentleman wearing gold trimmed dark grey coat, and white waistcoat and stock, his powdered hair en queue Watercolour on ivory Gold bracelet clasp frame, with bright cut border Oval, 38 mm (1 1/2 in) high Exhibited: Comerford Collection at the Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009 Literature: Paul Caffrey, John Comerford and the Portrait Miniature in Ireland c 1620-1850, Kilkenny Archaeological Society, 1999, p. 28, Number 40, illustrated in colour p. 34; The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009) pp 8, 34 (# 120) Charles Robertson was born in Dublin and came from a distinguished family of jewellers and miniaturists. He spent most of his career there, apart from a long period in London between 1785-1792 and a shorter stay in 1806.
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