Henrietta Rae

Henrietta Rae
Henrietta Rae, date unknown
Born
Henrietta Emma Ratcliffe Rae

30 December 1856
Hammersmith, London, England
Died26 January 1928 (aged 71)
Upper Norwood, England
NationalityBritish
EducationAcademy Julien, Paris
Known forPainter, writer
Notable workThe Lady with the Lamp
MovementVictorian 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.

  1. ^ Birth certificate gives date of birth as 30 December 1856. Other sources give a later year.
  2. ^ Arthur Fish, Henrietta Rae (Mrs. Ernest Normand), London, Cassell & Co., 1905.
  3. ^ Deborah Cherry, Painting Women: Victorian Women Artists, London, Routledge, 1993.