Henrietta Rae | |
|---|---|
 Henrietta Rae, date unknown | |
| Born | Henrietta Emma Ratcliffe Rae 30 December 1856 Hammersmith, London, England |
| Died | 26 January 1928 (aged 71) Upper Norwood, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Academy Julien, Paris |
| Known for | Painter, writer |
| Notable work | The Lady with the Lamp |
| Movement | Victorian art |
| Spouse(s) | Ernest Normand, painter (1857–1923) |
Henrietta Emma Ratcliffe Rae (30 December 1856[1] – 26 January 1928) was a British painter of the late Victorian era,[2][3] who specialised in classical, allegorical and literary subjects. Her best-known painting is The Lady with the Lamp (1891); depicting Florence Nightingale at Scutari.
- ^ Birth certificate gives date of birth as 30 December 1856. Other sources give a later year.
- ^ Arthur Fish, Henrietta Rae (Mrs. Ernest Normand), London, Cassell & Co., 1905.
- ^ Deborah Cherry, Painting Women: Victorian Women Artists, London, Routledge, 1993.