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(Artist (of original))
Parker, Mary
(Artist (of original))
Photograph of a print titled 'The Ladies of Llangollen' at Plas Newydd, Llangollen. The print was engraved by R.J. Lane, from an original watercour drawn by Mary Parker taken from sketches she made from life in 1828.
The Ladies of Llangollen are probably the most famous lesbian couple in history. Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby fled Ireland when their families tried to separate them. They lived together at Plas Newydd in Llangollen for over fifty years.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
47.140.13
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Ponsonby, Sarah
Association Type: Subject
Place: Plas Newydd, Llangollen
Associated Person/Body: Butler, Eleanor Charlotte
Association Type: Subject
Place: Plas Newydd, Llangollen
Creation/Production
Daughter of Thomas Netherton Parker of Sweeney Hall, Oswestry, she became Lady Leighton on marrying Sir Baldwin Leighton, 7th baronet, of Loton, Shropshire.
Role: Ffotograffydd | photographer
Role: Artist (of original)
Period: 1828
Acquisition
Donation, 9/6/1947
Measurements
Length
(mm): 172
Width
(mm): 105
Techniques
Albumen print
Black and white (photograph)
Material
Paper (photographic)
Location
In store
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