Lot 155: Henri Grevedon (Paris 1776 - Paris 1860)

An Officer, of the de Lasalle family, wearing black uniform with large brass buttons and gold epaulettes, the French Order of the Legion d'honneur and the Order of the Fleur-de-lys on his chest
signed on obverse and dated, henry Grevedon 1818, gilt-mounted wood frame
Oval, 95mm. (3 3/4ins.) high

H.M., 1999
P.A., 1999
S.N.P.G., 2000-2003

S.P.N.F., no.97

the de Lasalle family

By 1818, the date of the present lot, Grevedon had returned to Paris after his stay in Stockholm and London. Upon his return, he concentrated mainly on lithographs and gained some notoriety from these. He also painted a number of miniatures during this period, exhibiting at the Salon from 1824.