Lot 167: JOHN JULES NIMMO (FRENCH, C. 1830 - AFTER 1881)

A young boy, in lace-bordered bright-blue dress, fair hair
signed and dated 'NIMMO 1868' (upper right)
oval, 2 1/2 in. (64 mm.) high, ormolu easel frame by Picart with outer beaded border, the reverse scratched with the artist's address J. Nimmo 9 rue de Verneuil Paris

It has been suggested that the sitter is Alfred Guillaume Armand de La Planche, Vicomte de Ruillé (b. 1866), son of Vicomte Geoffroy de Ruillé and his wife Marie-Marguerite (see preceding lot).

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