Antoine BOREL (Pesmes, 1777-Besançon, 1838) Lot n° 17

Round miniature portrait, signed and dated lower right Borel. 1818, of Adèle Le BAS de GIRANGY (1796-) aged 22 years. In a rectangular frame in blackened wood, with a round view circled with gilded brass. Diameter : 6,5 cm Marie Xavière Adèle Le BAS de GIRANGY, born on November 14, 1796 in Hanover (Germany) and died on January 16, 1857 in Dôle (Jura), daughter of Charles Le BAS de GIRANGY (1760-1831) and of Victoire BOQUET de COURBOUZON (1774-1866). She married on November 26, 1817 in Courbouzon (Jura), Paul Eugène GARNIER de FALLETANS, officer of the house of king CHARLES X, knight of Malta, born on May 16, 1785 in Dôle (Jura) and died on July 27, 1862 in Dôle. Of which three daughters : Philippine Octavie (1818-1849), without marriage, Eugénie (1823-1906), countess O'MAHONY, whose descendants are still alive today, and Mélanie (1825-1899), without marriage. His grandson Maurice, Count O'MAHONY (1849-1920), is the author of the text on the back of the miniature.