Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Belle Bilton NPG x135959

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by W. & D. Downey, printed by The Photoglyptic Co

In 1889 the music-hall entertainer Belle secretly married Viscount Dunlo, heir to the Earl of Clancarty. Disapproving of his son's actions, the Earl forced his son to leave Belle and travel abroad. Belle was left pregnant and destitute, having ended her career after the wedding. Encouraged by his father, the Viscount filed for divorce in a case that was widely followed by the press. After losing the case he returned to live with Belle. Cut off from his allowance, the pair lived off Belle's... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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