Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 9th January 2019

Lot 572

Lionard Morel-Ladeuil (1820-1888). A Victorian electro-type rondel of a Pompeian lady at her...

Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £90

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Description

Lionard Morel-Ladeuil (1820-1888). A Victorian electro-type rondel of a Pompeian lady at her toilet by Elkington, depicting a lady reclining on a couch attended by three maidens with a garden beyond, signed and dated 'Morel-Ladeuil inv e fecit 1876', 33.7cm diameter, in a glazed velvet mounted circular frame with an easel back.

Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever.

This model of plaque was designed and conceived by Morel-Ladeuil for the 1876 Philadelphia Exhibition.