Fête Familiale (The Birthday Party.) Portrait of French artist Albert Besnard, his wife, sculptor Charlotte Dubray, and their eldest child, Robert, 1885 or 1887. It's always been a mystery as to why Sargent seems to have painted his friend Besnard without eyes...? *** Le Verre de porto (A Dinner Table at Night.) Portrait of Albert and Edith Vickers, 1884.