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Elizabeth Ames, née Cadogan, was mother of eight children, including the sitters in the other four portraits in the Brinkburn collection.

The collection of five portraits was 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.

A label on the back attributes the picture to George Chambers, but this attribution is not secure: Elizabeth Ames died in 1868, aged 33, suggesting this portrait was painted c.1865, after Chambers' death. Chambers is best known for marine paintings.

English Heritage, Brinkburn Priory

Morpeth

Title

Elizabeth Sarah Cadogan Ames (1835–1868)

Date

c.1865

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 75.2 x W 52.3 cm

Accession number

88055008

Acquisition method

gift, 1978; currently located at the English Heritage, Helmsley Art and Social History Store

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

label on reverse indicates name of artist

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English Heritage, Brinkburn Priory

Longframlington, Morpeth, Northumberland NE65 8AR England

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