Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Adelaide Ristori as Queen Elizabeth in 'Elizabeth, Queen of England' NPG x19011

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Thomas Houseworth & Co

Internationally renowned Italian tragedienne. The daughter of strolling players, Ristori began as a child actress and at the age of 14 was cast in the title role of Silvio Pellico's Francesca da Rimini. She joined the Royal Sardinian Company as ingenue and advanced in two years to the position of leading lady. In 1855 she went to Paris, where she initially received a mixed reception. She finally triumphed as a tragedienne in Vittorio Alfieri's Mirra and Alexandre Dumas championed her work. She toured... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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