English School watercolor portrait miniature painting of John Laurie, a merchant owner of John Laurie & Co. in Glasgow, depicted with black hair wearing a high-collared white shirt with cravat, a black suit and jacket, and a black vest seated in a wooden armchair with wheat-colored upholstery and a scroll carved arm. A red curtain is draped in the background slightly lifted to reveal a distant landscape with a clear blue sky to the right side. Unsigned. Old handwritten paper label with sitter information, old printed James Connell & Sons Glasgow art dealer label, additional printed label, and additional number inscription, en verso. Housed in a molded giltwood frame with bead and reel, acanthus, and foliate decorations. Sight: 5 1/8" H x 4" W. Framed: 14 1/2" H x 13 3/8" W.

Overall good condition with slight abrasion to paint layer along lower left edge. Not examined outside of frame. Frame with areas of natural age shrinkage.