PENELOPE CARWARDINE (BRITISH c. 1730-1801) Portrait miniature of a Gentleman wearing gold trimmed lilac coat and orange waistcoat, white cravat, with powdered hair en queue Signed with initials PC on the obverse Watercolour on ivory Gold mount with possibly later filigree scrolling border with brooch clasp attachment Oval, 30mm high (1 1/4in) high Exhibited: Comerford Collection at the Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009 Literature: The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009) pp 9, 43 (# 172) The lilac colour in this portrait seems to be the one that Penelope favoured as she used it on a number of occasions.