You are bidding on onepostcard from 1882 out of Wroclaw.

Language: French.

TheAntiquarian R. Stetten, Cl. Scheitnigerstr. 48 IV, turns to the mayor of Louvain (Leuven) in Belgium to offer him a 200-year-old wood engraving with a view of Louvain ("une ancienne gravure en bois vue de Louvrain"), at the moderate price of 2 francs.

Dated Wroclaw, the 13th September 1882.

was mayor of Leuven at this time Leopold Vander Kelen (1813-1895).


5-pfennig postal stationery (9.2 x 13.9 cm).

Condition:card browned and stained; Corners slightly bumped. bplease note the pictures too!

Internal note: Kostbhf. 22-10 company PK joke etc abroad

About the recipient (source: wikipedia):

Leopold Vander Kelen (* 6. July 1813 in Enghien; † 3. April 1895 in Leuven) was a Belgian politician from the Liberal Party. From 1872 to 1895 he was mayor of the city of Leuven.

Photography. Leopold Vander Kelen's gravestone can be seen in the foreground. The tombstone is a statue of two people. It shows Vander Kelen lying in state on his deathbed, his arms crossed over his chest. A crowned person kneels in front of Vander Kelen and places a branch next to the dead man. The base bears the inscription “LEOPOLD VANDER KELEN” and underneath “BOURGMESTRE DE LOUVAIN”. In the background you can see the cemetery in Löwen.

Leopold Vander Kelen was married to Maria Mertens. In 1858, Leopold Vander Kelen acquired the College van Savoye study house, a building of the University of Leuven from 1551. The mansion became the Stedelijk Museum Vander Kelen Mertens in 1919 and houses a collection that was previously exhibited in the town hall. It has been part of Museum M since 2009.

In 1889 he bought the Hof van Kiezegem, a tenant farm in Kiezegem with a long history and a large brewery from which seventeen fully loaded horse-drawn beer carts left every day, supplying beer to the surrounding villages.

Mayor Vander Kelen was buried in a place of honor in the municipal cemetery in Leuven. His grave monument was designed by his friend, the artist Jef Lambeaux. The Leopold Vanderkelenstraat, named after him, houses the main entrance to Museum M and connects the Monseigneur Ladeuzeplein, where the Leuven University Library is located, with the central Bondgenotenlaan and the Diestsestraat.

Photography. Leopold Vander Kelen's gravestone can be seen in the foreground. The tombstone is a statue of two people. It shows Vander Kelen lying in state on his deathbed, his arms crossed over his chest. A crowned person kneels in front of Vander Kelen and places a branch next to the dead man. The base bears the inscription “LEOPOLD VANDER KELEN” and underneath “BOURGMESTRE DE LOUVAIN”. In the background you can see the cemetery in Löwen. Mayor Vander Kelen was buried in a place of honor in the municipal cemetery in Leuven. His grave monument was designed by his friend, the artist Jef Lambeaux. The Leopold Vanderkelenstraat, named after him, houses the main entrance to Museum M and connects the Monseigneur Ladeuzeplein, where the Leuven University Library is located, with the central Bon