An Exquisite c.1830s Pencil Study of the Place Royale de Bruxelles by Rose-Joseph Lemercier (French, 1803–1887) sub-Curios Written two weeks after the

Written two weeks after the disaster

There is a very similar bust in the Science Museum of London dated to 1823 and another by Dr Pierre-Louis Carquet also with a striking resemblance

There are also labels to each for the exposition of 1849 in Paris

Length: 16 inches (end to end)

An Exquisite c.1830s Pencil Study of the Place Royale de Bruxelles by Rose-Joseph Lemercier (French, 1803–1887) sub-Curios Written two weeks after theOrigin: French Period: Louis Philippe Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1831 35 Height: 4. 5 Width: 6 The Whole in Frame: 7. 5 wide x 5. 5 high The very fine and highly detailed French school study of the Place Royale de Bruxelles executed in pencil, almost certainly depicting the coronation of King Leopold I in 1831, the work backed onto card and presented in the original ebonised moulded frame and surviving from the Luois Philippe period, drawn by Rose