Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Lady Bridget Poulett as 'Arethusa' NPG x26034

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Madame Yevonde

Arethusa was a wood nymph from Elis, associated with the goddess Artemis. Pursued relentlessly by the river-god Alpheus, Aresthusa begged for Artemis's help in escaping his attentions. The goddess opened up a passage under the sea which enabled Arethusa to emerge as a spring in Syracuse, on the island of Ortygia (Sicily) - hence the seaweed in Yevonde's sitter's hair.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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