Isabel (née Arundel), Lady Burton Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Isabel (née Arundel), Lady Burton NPG x76470
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Unknown photographer
In this carte-de-visite she wears an adaptation of male Arab dress. Both Lady Isabel Burton and her husband were fond of dressing-up, Richard famously having travelled in disguise to Mecca. However, he lacked tact and was suddenly recalled from Damascus to London, sending Isabel the famous message 'Ordered off; pay, pack and follow', which she did.
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










