Exceptional Antique Pencil Drawing, Portrait of a Boy, 14x11" Frame, Signed 1847 spaniel the Arch de Triomphe

the Arch de Triomphe

The silversmith mark on them appears to read "NV"

75" rectangle with canted corners

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

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

Exceptional Antique Pencil Drawing, Portrait of a Boy, 14x11" Frame, Signed 1847 spaniel the Arch de TriompheOne 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