Swiss School In 1837, Portrait Of Charles Wolfgang De Gingins d'éclépens-la Sarraz

SWISS school in 1837
Portrait of Charles Wolfgang de Gingins d'Éclépens-La Sarraz at the age of 22
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated lower right ... 1837, old cartel inscribed Charles Gingins d'Eclépans / fils d'Elisa née Tronchin / parrain d'Hélène de Simony (Charles Gingins d'Eclépans / son of Elisa née Tronchin / godfather of Hélène de Simony)
39.5 x 26 cm
Blackened wooden frame
Dimensions with frame : 48.5 x 44 cm

Note : Charles Wolfgang de Gingins (Geneva, 1815 – Cannes, 1873), officer, was the son of Louis Henri de Gingins and Elisabeth Armande Françoise Tronchin. He was also the husband of Hélène Elisabeth Charlotte Tronchin, salonnière, abolitionist and feminist, and the father of four children. He was the owner of the Château de Gingins in Switzerland, in the Canton of Vaud. This illustrious Swiss family included among its members, for example, the botanist Frédéric Charles Jean de Gingins de la Sarraz (Éclépens, 1790 – Lausanne, 1863).