Chevalier Louis-William Desanges (fl.1846 - 1887)

The Property of THE LORD BOLTON

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Chevalier Louis-William Desanges (fl.1846 - 1887)

Portrait of the Honourables Frederick and Jean Orde-Powlett, both full length, seated on a bed, playing with their pet kitten, a basket of primroses scattered beside them

with inscription lower right 'Honbles. Frederick & Jean M./Orde-Powlett/B.1849 - D.1858/B.1848' and signed, numbered and inscribed on the reverse 'No. 1 Pussey's Toilette/L.W. Desanges';
36 x 29½in. (91.5 x 74.9cm.)

Provenance

by descent in the sitter's family

Lot Essay

The Hon. Frederick Orde-Powlett (1849-1858) was the third son of William, 3rd Lord Bolton, and his wife, Laetitia Crawford. The Hon. Jean Mary (1848-1931) was their only daughter, who married Hon. Augustus Murray Cathcart, J.P., son of the 2nd Earl of Cathcart, a Colonel in the Grenadier Guards and veteran of the Crimean War.

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