Alexis BALLY (Paris 1764 – Marseille 1835) Lot n° 65

Portrait of Louis Alexis Jumel Canvas 103,5 x 88 cm Signed, inscribed and dated lower left Bally / pupil of David / 1824 Accidents Without frame Louis Alexis Jumel was a French industrialist, who gave his name to Jumel cotton, also called "Mako cotton", a variety of cotton known in the trade for cotton handkerchiefs, and which appeared on the world market in the years 1817. He had previously founded the Manufacture de coton de Cluses in 1812.