Description DescriptionAmbrosini Jerome (1810-1883) Superb 1871 Oil - Family Portrait with Dog & LambThis is an exceptional quality 19th Century Oil on relined Canvas Painting by:'Ambrosini Jerome' (1810-1883)Ambrosini Jerome was born as James Parker Ambrosini Jerome on 8 August 1810 in Portsea to Joseph Scarrott Jerome and Maria Parker. At a time when it was profitable for an artist to have an Italian sounding name, James decided to change his name to the distinctly Italian sounding Ambrosini Jerome. By 1833 Ambrosini had been appointed Royal Painter to the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria, the future Queen Victoria, with notice of his appointment being printed in the Hampshire Telegraph, 23 September 1833. Ambrosini died on 7 April 1883, at the St. Pancras Workhouse Infirmary, Camden, London