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Autograph Letter Signed, to Henry Mogford, offering for exhibition at the Crystal Palace (for £1000) Desanges’ picture The Excommunication of King Robert of France and his Queen Bertha. 2 pp. 7 x 4 inches, neatly laid down. 16 Stratford Place, 6 May 1856. Uncommon. Louis William Desanges; Chevalier Desanges (1822–1887) was an English artist of French background, known for his paintings of Victoria Cross winners. While painting a portrait of Lieut. Col. Robert James Lindsay who had won the Victoria Cross at the Battle of the Alma at his home in Wantage, the two men came up with idea of creating a series of paintings containing portraits of the various soldiers winning their V.C. medals.