caption movement death_date death_place birth_place nationality name field birth_date works image article_title birth_name bgcolour
self-portrait , 1869 history painting , military art 2 october 1933 gormanston castle , county meath , ireland lausanne , switzerland british elizabeth thompson '' -lrb- lady butler -rrb- '' painting 3 november 1846 '' -lrb- or the roll call -rrb- '' , 1874 calling the roll after an engagement , crimea lady lady elizabeth southerden butler -lrb- née thompson -rrb- . jpg elizabeth southerden butler -lrb- née thompson -rrb- by elizabeth thompson
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elizabeth thompson

elizabeth southerden thompson , lady butler -lrb- 3 november 1846 -- 2 october 1933 -rrb- was a british painter , one of the few female painters to achieve fame for history paintings , especially military battle scenes , at the end of that tradition .
she was married to lieutenant general sir william butler , and is also known as lady butler .
some of her most famous military scenes come from the napoleonic wars , but she covered most major 19th-century wars and painted several works showing the first world war .
