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Lady Butler: Battles Artist
by Felicity Herring
Date: Wednesday 10 January 2024
In 1874, this genteel Victorian Lady sent a painting of the Crimean War to the Royal Academy where it was an outstanding success. From then on she almost exclusively painted battle scenes from Waterloo to Afghanistan and WW1
Lady Butler was born Elizabeth Thompson in 1846 and attended the Female School of Art at South Kensington.