Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

(Mary) Gladys Storey with a maid NPG x32716

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Unknown photographer

With the introduction of commercially available cameras in the late 1880s, amateur photography became possible on a wide scale. In response, some photographers sought to distinguish their work by making highly crafted images, sometimes returning to earlier techniques. The cyanotype process was invented in the 1840s and used in architectural blueprints, but enjoyed an artistic revival during this later period. It lends itself well to moody, evocative pictures such as this. Shown here as a young girl,the sitter Gladys Storey would go on to become... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.