painted on ivory, a label affixed to the ivory verso reads Edouard Grosset Soleta de Perignan, toulouse le 20 mai 1827, étudiant en droit,  7.4 x 5.8 cm. (3 x 2 ¼ in.), initialed S center right

PROVENANCE
Acquired in Moscow circa 1890-1910 by the Grandmother of the present owner
passed down in the family to the Mother of the present owner, who was born in Moscow and emigrated to Poland in 1925
thence by descent to the current owner, whose Mother emigrated from Poland in 1939