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An Autobiography
Elizabeth Southerden (Thompson), Lady Butler
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Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler, was one of the most acclaimed and financially successfully English painters of her generation, despite living in a time when she as a woman was often barred from even entering the galleries where her works competed. She was also one of the few women to specialize in depicting military history, and was stringent in her insistence on accuracy, interviewing veterans and borrowing museum pieces to make sure every detail was correct. Although history painting holds li
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Lady Elizabeth Southerden (Thompson) Butler.
Prominent Victorian artist (Queen Victoria was among her patrons) and author of several non-fiction books including an autobiography. Convert to Catholicism. Wife of Lt. General Sir William Francis Butler, GCB, PC, FRGS. Older sister of the poet Alice Christiana Gertrude (Thompson) Meynell.
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Prominent Victorian artist (Queen Victoria was among her patrons) and author of several non-fiction books including an autobiography. Convert to Catholicism. Wife of Lt. General Sir William Francis Butler, GCB, PC, FRGS. Older sister of the poet Alice Christiana Gertrude (Thompson) Meynell.
