Exceptional Antique Pencil Drawing, Portrait of a Boy, 14x11" Frame, Signed 1847 spaniel a pique style silver inlaid

a pique style silver inlaid facade and marvelous condition

5" wide and a maximum 4" depth front to back

and is Madame Desbarolles

and the 22k gold and high quality of construction would also suggest it

Exceptional Antique Pencil Drawing, Portrait of a Boy, 14x11" Frame, Signed 1847 spaniel a pique style silver inlaidOne 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