Lot Essay
We are indebted to Prof Dr Karl Trefzer-Itin with his help in the identification of the sitter's rank and orders.
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RODOLPHE BEL (SWISS, FL. C. 1822-1849)
A Colonel De Gardes Du Corps Du Roi, in red-collared black coat with silver facings, epaulettes and aiguillettes, black stock, wearing the red moiré sash and breast-star of the Spanish Royal Military Order of San Fernando and the star of the third class (1815-1856) and the second class orders of the French Legion of Honour and of St Louis
signed and dated 'Bell 1825' (lower left)
on paper stretched on metal
oval, 4¾ in. (120 mm.) high, stamped gilt-metal mount within rectangular wood frame
A Colonel De Gardes Du Corps Du Roi, in red-collared black coat with silver facings, epaulettes and aiguillettes, black stock, wearing the red moiré sash and breast-star of the Spanish Royal Military Order of San Fernando and the star of the third class (1815-1856) and the second class orders of the French Legion of Honour and of St Louis
signed and dated 'Bell 1825' (lower left)
on paper stretched on metal
oval, 4¾ in. (120 mm.) high, stamped gilt-metal mount within rectangular wood frame
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