Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Mary Anderson Grierson NPG x77001

© Paul Tozer / National Portrait Gallery, London

by Paul Tozer

Despite Grierson's mother encouraging her to paint as a child, her accomplished career in botanical illustration came about by accident. After working in the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit of the Women's Auxillary Air Force during World War II, Grierson was employed by Hunting Aerosurveys, whose maps were based on aerial photography. After undertaking an ink drawing course in Suffolk, she returned to be mentored by the artist John Nash, the younger brother of Paul Nash. In 1960, she became the herbarium's resident artist at... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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