Jervais, Thomas
Thomas Jervais (d.1799) was born in Dublin, where he developed his skill in enamel glass painting. He moved to England about 1770 and rapidly established his reputation with small-scale, finely detailed panels—generally copies of Italian, Dutch, and Flemish masters: he specialized in scenes lit by moon and fire which fully exploited the transparency of the medium. He is best remembered for his work at New College, Oxford.