Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Royston Ellis NPG x135197

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Ida Kar

The writer Royston Ellis, was influenced by the American Beat poets. His first book, Jiving to Gyp: A Sequence of Poems (1959), chronicled life in Soho coffee shops and jazz clubs. In 1959, backed by various artists including Cliff Richard and the Drifters, Jimmy Page and the Beatles, Ellis appeared in various shows performing his 'rocketry', a mix of music and poetry that had been popularised by Jack Kerouac and others.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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