Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (née Sheridan, later Lady Stirling-Maxwell) NPG x26597

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company

This image is a classic example of the writing desk portrait, showing the poet apparently engaged in her work. Norton’s cap reflects her maturity (she is in fifties here), but her numerous adornment - flowers, jewellery and lace draped over her bare shoulders - hint at her status as celebrated beauty and poetic icon.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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