The Ladies of Llangollen (in Library).
- Date:
- [between 1850 and 1890?]
- Reference:
- 3305250i
- Part of:
- The James Gardiner Collection.
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Photograph of a drawing 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
[England] : F. Bedford, [between 1850 and 1890?]
Physical description
1 photograph ; 10.1 x 6.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds a lithographic print of the same image: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/bx84dv32?wellcomeImagesUrl=/indexplus/image/V0007358.html
Notes
The title has been taken from wording on the object.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3305250i
Languages
Where to find it
Photograph album on lesbian depictions, male impersonation, gender and masculinity
Location Status Access Closed stores