Bruxelles, Merzbach & Falk (Librairie Européenne C. Muquardt), s.d. [1881], 61 X 77 cm, under glass and mounted on a cardboard frame in a contemporary black and gilt wooden framing .
Very beautiful aquatint portrait of Leopold II, king of Belgium.The cardboard is nicely decorated by gilt foliage pattern. On back of the framework is stuck a copy of a letter dated April 30, 1881, addressed to the establishments Merzbach & Falk by the head of the Cabinet of the King, Jules Devaux. This last one thanks on behalf of the King, the establishments for this portrait which they have forwarded to the monarch. Foxing on the lower part of the cardboard.