Exceptional Antique Pencil Drawing, Portrait of a Boy, 14x11" Frame, Signed 1847 spaniel Beautiful shape for just hanging

Beautiful shape for just hanging on your wall

a pique style silver inlaid facade and marvelous condition

The delicate mesh insert in the powder compartment has a velvet framing that's coming off

This one bears the French Minerve or Minerva hallmark

Exceptional Antique Pencil Drawing, Portrait of a Boy, 14x11" Frame, Signed 1847 spaniel Beautiful shape for just hangingOne of the most elegant portraits ever, this pencil drawing (original) is signed simply "Julio" and dated 1847. No reference to who this handsome young boy with the soulful eyes and casual pose is, but there is a reference stamp on back telling us who the framers were, noting it to have been Lequien Blondeaux, framer "A La Palette de Rubens" located in Lille, France, so perhaps one can begin the research from there. The drawing is in the manner of