Elizabeth Thompson

5 works held in 5 museums

British painter of battles and military scenes, known as Lady Butler, 1846-1933

Scotland for Ever!, 1881.

Elizabeth Thompson (British), oil on canvas

Leeds Art Gallery, United Kingdom

The Defence of Rorke's Drift, Elizabeth Thompson

The Defence of Rorke's Drift, 1880.

Elizabeth Thompson (British), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

The Remnants of an Army, Elizabeth Thompson

The Remnants of an Army, 1879.

Elizabeth Thompson (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

The 28th Regiment at Quatre Bras, Elizabeth Thompson

The 28th Regiment at Quatre Bras, 1875.

Elizabeth Thompson (British), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Self-portrait (Elizabeth Southerden Thompson, Lady Butler), Elizabeth Thompson

Self-portrait (Elizabeth Southerden Thompson, Lady Butler), 1869.

Elizabeth Southerden (née Thompson), Lady Butler (museum title)

Elizabeth Thompson (British), oil and pencil on cardboard

National Portrait Gallery, United Kingdom

Works by Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler (1846-1933), in the public domain, each linked to its record in the museum that holds it. Born in Lausanne and trained in London, Florence and Rome, she became famous in 1874 with The Roll Call, bought by Queen Victoria. She painted war from the side of the ordinary soldier, from Waterloo to the First World War, using soldiers and horses as models. Only works that the museums give to her without reservation, and of which a freely reusable photograph of at least 900 pixels exists, are included: many of her paintings, held in regimental museums or private hands, or photographed only at small size, are not here yet. The titles are those of the museums, with their translation.