Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Consuelo Montagu (née Yznaga), Duchess of Manchester NPG x197583

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Unknown photographer

Consuelo Yznaga was a Cuban-American socialite from Louisiana, who caused a stir in London with her uninhibited nature and fondness for playing the banjo. In 1876, she married George Montagu, Viscount Mandeville, the notoriously rakish and dissolute heir to the Duchy of Manchester. The carriages of the 1,200 guests at their New York wedding caused a traffic jam along Broadway. The Manchesters (who later divorced) were part of the Prince of Wales's 'Marlborough House set', and Consuelo used this social leverage to act as... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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