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Historical Artist - Elizabeth Butler (1846 - 1933)
Elizabeth Butler’s career as a painter reached its height in the 1870’s. Her
military scenes were popular because of their underlying patriotism. Her best-known work is the
painting titled Scotland for Ever! Which depicted the charge of the Royal Scots Greys at the
Battle of Waterloo. She continued to paint for the remainder of her life, her final works based
on the events of World War I. She was widowed in 1910, but continued to live at Bansha until
1922, when she took up residence with the youngest of her six children, Eileen, Viscountess
Gormanston, at Gormanston Castle, County Meath. She died there shortly before her 87th birthday
and was interred at nearby Stamullen graveyard. Butler also did some black and white
illustration, including of poems by her sister, Alice Meynell, and of works by Thackeray.
Contemporary United Kingdom Artists
Art Galleries in the United Kingdom
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