Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Aileen Balcon as Minerva NPG x220046

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Yevonde

Aileen Freda Leatherman was born in Middlesex, but brought up in Johannesburg. In 1924 she married film producer Sir Michael Balcon and had two children: Jill, born 1925, and Jonathan, born 1931. Jill Balcon, became an actress and married future Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis; their son, Daniel Day-Lewis, also became an actor. In 1946 she was appointed MBE for her war work.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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