SAMPSON TOWGOOD ROCH (IRISH 1759-1847) Portrait miniature of a Gentleman, three quarter length coat with his right hand tucked into his waistcoat Signed and dated Roch/1788 on the obverse Watercolour on ivory Gold frame with bright-cut border, the reverse glazed to reveal locks of hair arranged in the form of sheaves of wheat with gold filigree and seed pearls Oval, 75mm (3in) high Provenance: Property of a European Lady; Christie's, London, 21 April 1988 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. 32, Number 58, illustrated in colour p. 39; The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009) pp 8, 33 (# 113)