Lot 119: John Comerford (c.1770-1832) CAPTAIN ROBERT MAUNSELL signed, inscribed "Robert Maunsell" and dated [1814] on reverse watercolour miniature (oval

John Comerford (c.1770-1832) CAPTAIN ROBERT MAUNSELL signed, inscribed "Robert Maunsell" and dated [1814] on reverse watercolour miniature (oval shaped and in a temporary frame) 8 by 7cm., 3.25 by 2 75in. Literature: Paul Caffrey, John Comerford and the Portrait Miniature in Ireland c.1620-1850, Kilkenny Archaeological Society, 1999, listed on page 71 Listed in Comerford's fee book for the 14th October 1814 was a portrait sitting with one Captain Maunsell ( Caffrey, op. cit., p. 71). Robert Maunsell was captain of the Royal Navy vessell, The Procris, which was involved in the capture of Java in 1811.