Bust portrait of Leopold I, king of Belgians.

Copper printing block mounted on wood, 12,3 x 10,3 cm, base H. 2 cm (very sl. oxidation on edges). Very nice condition.

Portrait made for Louis Hymans's "25e anniversaire de l'inauguration du roi, les fêtes de juillet, les 21, 22 et 23 juillet 1856" (Brussels, Jamar, 1856).
Joined : Lauterbach, Rudolf - Engraved bookplate "Ex-libris Guédroïtz". Vienna, [ca. 1950]. Silver-plated copperplate, 6,7 x 6,7 cm (sl. stains), in its original packaging and box. + ca. 130 copies of the print on wove papers, . Alexis Guedroitz (1923-1992), Russian Prince established in Belgium, was i.a. interpreter, notably for Paul-Henri Spaak when he met Nikita Khrouchtchev in 1961. Ref. Le nouveau dictionnaire des Belges I:273.