Signed on bottom left part “SJS” & dated on bottom left  “84”. Provenance : Private collection Angoulême - On the canvas wood frame « Souvenir de Marie de Forain ou Feroin à son viril ami Mr Godefroy ». Solomon was the fourth son of Joseph Solomon, a London businessman, and Helena Lichenstadt, the daughter of a cultured family from Vienna. In 1877 he joined the Royal Academy School. Frederick Leighton, the President of the Royal Academy, as well as successful artists such as Millais and Alma Tadema were the role models for young Solomon. In 1879 he was taught by Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889) in the École de Beaux Arts in Paris. In comparison with the Royal Academy, teaching in the École focused more on drawing from life models than
plaster casts of ancient sculptures. Despite his studies in France Solomon was very little influenced by Impressionism. .