Mary Victoria (née Leiter), Lady Curzon of Kedleston Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Mary Victoria (née Leiter), Lady Curzon of Kedleston NPG x3817
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Bourne & Shepherd, published by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
Mary was the daughter of Levi Z. Leiter, co-founder of the Marshall Field & Company retail empire. Six-foot-tall, beautiful and intelligent, Mary was a society favourite in both Great Britain and the USA. She fell in love with George Curzon, declaring 'I will have him, because I believe he needs me. I have no shame', and they married in 1895. When George was promoted to Viceroy of India, Mary became the second-highest ranking woman in the British Empire after the Queen; the highest British... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










