The R.t Hon.ble Eleanor Butler and Miss Ponsonby. "The Ladies of Llangollen." S. Ponsonby [facsimile signature]. Died Dec.r 8th 1831. Aged 74. Eleanor Butler [facsimile signature]. Died June 2nd 1829. Aged 90.
From a Drawing by LADY LEIGHTON carefully taken from life. Drawn of Stone by R. J. LANE, A.R.A.
Printed by J. Graf. Proof.
Lithograph on chine colle. 290 x 225mm (11½ x 8¾") very large margins. Tears to edges of paper repaired with tape. Some surface dirt in margins.
Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, known affectionately and famously as 'the Ladies of Llangollen', seated at a table in their library, with their cat similarly seated in the foreground. The ladies moved to Llangollen, North Wales, and moved into Plas Newydd with their servant Mary Caryll in order to avoid the inevatibility of unwanted forced marriages back in their home County Kilkenny. Their home became an epicentre for eccentric contemporaries and they eventually became a popular attraction. All three ladies are buried together in Llangollen.
[Ref: 63557] £190.00
Printed by J. Graf. Proof.
Lithograph on chine colle. 290 x 225mm (11½ x 8¾") very large margins. Tears to edges of paper repaired with tape. Some surface dirt in margins.
Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, known affectionately and famously as 'the Ladies of Llangollen', seated at a table in their library, with their cat similarly seated in the foreground. The ladies moved to Llangollen, North Wales, and moved into Plas Newydd with their servant Mary Caryll in order to avoid the inevatibility of unwanted forced marriages back in their home County Kilkenny. Their home became an epicentre for eccentric contemporaries and they eventually became a popular attraction. All three ladies are buried together in Llangollen.
[Ref: 63557] £190.00