Lot Essay
The sitter, born in 1855, was the fourth son of William, 3rd Lord Bolton and his wife, Laetitia, daughter of Col. Crawford of Newfield, Ayrshire. The sitter died unmarried in 1905.
THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
Chevalier Louis-William Desanges (fl.1846 - 1887)
Details
Chevalier Louis-William Desanges (fl.1846 - 1887)
Portrait of the Hon. Amias Lucien Orde-Powlett, full length, in a white trimmed blue velvet dress, playing with a Noah's Ark
signed with monogram and dated lower right 'LWD f. 1858',
with inscription lower left 'Hon. A. Lucien Orde-Powlett b.1855' and signed and numbered on the reverse '4/L.W. Desanges';
36 x 36in. (91.5 x 91.5cm.)
Portrait of the Hon. Amias Lucien Orde-Powlett, full length, in a white trimmed blue velvet dress, playing with a Noah's Ark
signed with monogram and dated lower right 'LWD f. 1858',
with inscription lower left 'Hon. A. Lucien Orde-Powlett b.1855' and signed and numbered on the reverse '4/L.W. Desanges';
36 x 36in. (91.5 x 91.5cm.)
Provenance
by descent in the sitter's family