Candida Lycett Green; Penelope (née Chetwode), Lady Betjeman; Paul Betjeman Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Candida Lycett Green; Penelope (née Chetwode), Lady Betjeman; Paul Betjeman NPG x78432

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Bassano Ltd

Penelope Chetwode grew up in northern India. She married poet and writer John Betjeman in secret but within a year she was abroad, studying in Berlin, while he was having an affair. Animals interested her more than humans. Moving to Berkshire, goats and chickens roamed freely through the house. She converted to Catholicism, having an affair with novelist Evelyn Waugh. Having published a successful book about a Spanish journey with a donkey, in the 1960s she revisited the scenes of her Indian childhood.... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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