(Photo Courtesy of Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Cabinet of American Illustration, Reproduction No. LC-Dig-cai-2a12856)
Just a week to the 2026 Twilight Tours! We’ll be posting highlights from past Tours to get you in the spirit in this season of spooks and spirits.
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https://www.scottsvillemuseum.org/2026/09/09/twilight-tours-2026/
For the 2017 Twilight Tours, Irene Gibson, portrayed by Miranda Burnett, was one of the famous “Gibson Girls” of the 1890s. Charles Dana Gibson, her husband, produced illustrations in national magazines based on his wife and her sister Nancy – the lovely Langhorne sisters of Albemarle County. Renowned for their beauty and grace, they epitomized – both in life and the iconic illustrations – the ideals of Late Victorian/Edwardian Womanhood.
The Langhorne Sisters were from a prominent family living at a large estate near Greenwood, known as Mirador. Irene was active in the Women’s Suffrage Movement and philanthropy.
Her sister, Nancy, became Lady Astor – the first woman to serve in the British House of Commons.
For more stories and photos of the “Gibson Girl” Langhorne sisters, see the Museum’s article at:
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