Charles-Guillaume Alexandre BOURGEOIS (Amiens, 1759 - Paris,1832) Portrait of Adélaïde Charlotte Hugresse de Melleville, née de Brossin de Méré, in a white dress Watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, round form Signed 'C. Bourgeois / an. 7.' centre left Diameter: 5.6 cm CIC no. 2024/BE02105/CE Gilded copper mount in a square wood and gilded stucco frame with palmette spandrels An inscription on the reverse identifying the model and artist Portrait of Adélaïde Charlotte Hugresse de Melleville, née de Brossin de Méré, wearing a white dress, watercolour and gum arabic on circular ivory, signed and dated, by C.-G. A. Bourgeois D. 2.20 in. Provenance: Anonymous sale; Orléans, Galerie des ventes d'Orléans, Me Louis Savot, 23 November 2000, no. 102 (illustrated on the back cover of the catalogue); Galerie Jaegy-Theoleyre, Paris; Pierre Jourdan-Barry Collection (1926-2016); Then by descent ; Private collection, Belgium Charles-Guillaume Alexandre BOURGEOIS (Amiens, 1759 - Paris,1832)