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This charming informal portrait is of Henrietta Ames as a young girl. Desanges is known to have painted society ladies and children, but his portraits are now rare.

The painting is one of a group of five portraits transferred in 1978 to English Heritage by descendants of the Cadogan and Ames family of Brinkburn Priory. The Manor House where they once hung is no longer furnished, and all the Ames portraits are in store.

Desanges is best known for his Crimean War scenes, shown in the Victoria Cross Gallery exhibition of 1859.

English Heritage, Helmsley Archaeological Store

Helmsley

Title

Henrietta Elizabeth Ames (d.1915)

Date

c.1870

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 158 x W 133 cm (E)

Accession number

88055004

Acquisition method

gift, 1978

Work type

Painting

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English Heritage, Helmsley Archaeological Store

Castlegate, Helmsley, North Yorkshire YO62 5AB England

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