Andre Lortie sidevant ministre de leglise reformee de-la Rochelle et a present a Londres Van Somer fe. 1681 [art original].Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist[not before 1791]engA portrait of the French Protestant Minister, Andre Lortie, shown half-length. He is wearing the clothing of a clergyman and holds open a book. The background includes a curtain and the outline of a landscape view. Unfinished portrait with only the face finished; t he body is only outlinedInscription in ink on verso: A facsimile from the most rare original messotinto in the collection of the Honble Horatio Walpole at Strawberry Hill Nov. 3rd 1791 by Mr Harding and J:B?Inscription in graphite pencil on verso: The head by G.P. Harding.Inscription in graphite pencil on verso: French Protestant Minister in England D. 1700.George Perfect Harding, English miniature painter, 1779/80-1853.