Plas Newydd: Near Llangollen
Title:
Plas Newydd: Near Llangollen
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. While they lived a life of rural retreat, the Ladies’ celebrity and social status meant that their home Plas Newydd became a salon. They built an extensive library, and there they hosted many of the intelligentsia of the day, including writers such as Wordsworth, Byron, Lady Caroline Lamb, and Anna Seward; physician Erasmus Darwin; potter Josiah Wedgwood; and the reigning Queen Charlotte.
Creator:
Jacques, Edwin W. (Artist)
Source:
Ladies of Llangollen Collection
Publisher:
T. Catherall
Date:
1850
Coverage:
Chester
Display Date:
[1850?]
Hover Text:
Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby — the Ladies of Llangollen
Published Item:
P
Item Index:
34
Item Sort:
1800s
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