The Rt. Hon.ble Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Ponsonby "The Ladies of Llangollen".
- Date:
- [between 1850 and 1915?]
- Reference:
- 3305279i
- Part of:
- The James Gardiner Collection.
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Photograph of a lithographic print, after a drawing by Lady Leighton, of Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby sat together in their library with various items on the table in front on them, and a cat sat on a chair in the foreground. Well known to their contemporaries, the pair were wealthy Irish women who avoided marriage by moving to North Wales and living together, and were rumoured to be a lesbian couple.
Publication/Creation
Tunbridge Wells : Photochrom Co. Ltd. Graphic Works, [between 1850 and 1915?]
Physical description
1 photographic postcard : photochrome ; 13.6 x 8.4 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds a lithographic print of the same image: Wellcome Collection 2443i (b11655197)
Notes
The title has been taken from wording on the object.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3305279i
Languages
Where to find it
Photograph album on lesbian depictions, male impersonation, gender and masculinity
Location Status Access Closed stores