Rt. Hon. Henry Singleton, Lord Chief Justice of His Majesty's Court of Common Pleas in Ireland - Ford, Michael (Portrait Painter and Mezzotint Engraver d. 1765) (My University, 2006)
Ford was the pupil of the Dublin portrait painter Michael Mitchell and studied also in France, Italy and London. He started his career in Dublin as a teacher of drawing and a picture restorer and dealer. He later took up premises at Cork Hill as successor to John Brooks as a print-seller, publisher and painter. [notes from Strickland's Dictionary of Irish Artists pp 367-372]
Keywords: Art, Irish; Painting, British; Portrait; Upper class; Costume; 18th century