Lord Colin
's counter-claim was that LCC
committed adultery with at least four men. In April 1883 he had confronted her about her relations with their physician, Dr Bird
.
“Lady Campbell’s Wrongs”. The New York Times, 27 Nov. 1886, p. 3.
(27 November 1886): 3
After...
Family and Intimate relationships
Alice Meynell
AM
's sister Elizabeth
, later Lady Butler, became a well-known painter. She earned high praise for her depiction of a battle scene in The Roll Call, exhibited at the Royal Academy
in 1874...
Friends, Associates
Phyllis Bottome
They had secured an invitation when they met Meynell's sister, Lady Butler
, while travelling in Italy. PB
was fascinated by Meynell's poetry, which she read and reread with desperate thoroughness.
Bottome, Phyllis. The Challenge. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953.
363
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Stéphanie-Félicité de Genlis
Her Souvenirs de Felicie L*** originated several fictional elements in the legend of Lady Eleanor Butler
and Sarah Ponsonby
, the Ladies of Llangollen.
Mavor, Elizabeth. The Ladies of Llangollen. Penguin, 1973.
198
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Timeline
4 May 1874: Elizabeth (Thompson), Lady Butler, exhibited...
Building item
4 May 1874
Elizabeth (Thompson), Lady Butler
, exhibited her painting Roll Call at the Royal Academy
; it was bought by Queen Victoria
.
1879: Painter Elizabeth (Thompson), Lady Butler,...
Building item
1879
Painter Elizabeth (Thompson), Lady Butler
, sister of poet Alice Meynell
, fought unsuccessfully to become the first woman elected as a Royal Academy
member.
Casteras, Susan P., and Linda H. Peterson. A Struggle for Fame: Victorian Women Artists and Authors. Yale Center for British Art, 1994.
54
McMaster, Juliet. That Mighty Art of Black-and-White. Linley Sambourne, Punch, and the Royal Academy. Ad Hoc Press, 2009.
12
1899: The Society of Lady Artists changed its name...
Building item
1899
The Society of Lady Artists
changed its name to Society of Women Artists. The group, whose aim was to encourage women painters and sculptors, provided an annual opportunity to exhibit in London galleries.
Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
254-5
1914: Nearly a century after the battle, artist...
Building item
1914
Nearly a century after the battle, artist Elizabeth, Lady Butler
, painted On the Morning of Waterloo: her military subjects gained her a substantial following.
Casteras, Susan P., and Linda H. Peterson. A Struggle for Fame: Victorian Women Artists and Authors. Yale Center for British Art, 1994.