Lot 96: Chevalier Louis William Desanges (1822-1887)

Portrait of a gentleman, seated three-quarter-length, in a black suit, holding a book, in a library; and Portrait of a mother and child, three-quarter-length, in a pink dress and black shawl, holding her child, painted ovals the former signed with initials and dated '1868' (lower left) the latter signed and dated 'L Desanges/1868' (lower right) oil on canvas, in a painted oval 423/4 x 34 in. (108.6 x 86.3 cm.) a pair (2).