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    the island. Ombline Desbassayns was born in Saint-Paul on La Réunion. In 1770, she married the planter Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns (1732-1800) and became...
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    composition has similarities to Benoist's 1802 portrait of Madame Philippe Panon Desbassayns de Richemont and her son Eugène, now held by the Metropolitan...
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    Talon, future comtesse du Cayla, 1801 (private collection) Madame Philippe Panon Desbassayns de Richemont (Jeanne Eglé Mourgue) and Her Son Eugène, circa...
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  • puff-sleeved dresses. Corset-style tank top, 2021 Portrait of Madame Philippe Panon Desbassayns de Richemont, in typical Regency dress. The painting is featured...
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    a courtier, he was backed at court by Sosthene de la Rochefoucauld and Madame du Cayla, and in 1822 Louis XVIII gave him the title of count and made him...
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