Ladies of Llangollen.

Date:
[between 1850 and 1912?]
Reference:
3305280i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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About this work

Description

Photograph of a print depciting Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby stood outside with their dog wearing long black dresses with matching jackets and top hats. 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

[Place of Publication not identified], [between 1850 and 1912?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 13.6 x 8.8 cm

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Related material

Wellcome Collection holds a lithographic print of the same image: V0007358

Lettering

please don't make a mistake + imagine one of these ladies to be myself (written in black ink, bottom recto)

Notes

The title has been taken from wording on the object.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3305280i

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Where to find it

  • Photograph album on lesbian depictions, male impersonation, gender and masculinity

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