[Creamer with an image of the Ladies of Llangollen]; [Ladies of Llangollen figurine]
Title:
[Creamer with an image of the Ladies of Llangollen]; [Ladies of Llangollen figurine]
Description:
In the late eighteenth century, aristocrat Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, the young orphaned daughter of Chambre Brabazon Ponsonby, abandoned their lives in Ireland and made a home for themselves in Llangollen, Wales, to the disapproval of both their families. Known as the Ladies of Llangollen, they appeared to have understood their relationship as a marriage. They were part of an emerging culture of relationships between same-sex couples. In the nineteenth century there was a thriving industry producing and selling objects commemorating the Ladies of Llangollen. Their images graced Staffordshire transfer-ware pottery, popular prints, and multitudes of ephemera.
Source:
Ladies of Llangollen Collection
Date:
1800
Coverage:
[Staffordshire]
Display Date:
[1800s]
Hover Text:
Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby — the Ladies of Llangollen
Published Item:
U
Item Index:
2
Item Sort:
1800s
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