Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'The Refectory of St. James' School, Malvern' NPG x34354

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Madame Yevonde

Madame Yevonde was a London-based photographer of portraits and still life throughout much of the twentieth century. She was a pioneer in photographic techniques, experimenting with solarisation and associated particularly with the Vivex colour process, which she utilised to great effect in the 1930s. ‘If we are going to have colour photographs, for heaven’s sake let’s have a riot of colour, none of your wishy washy hand tinted effects’ said Madame Yevonde in 1932 in an address to the Royal Photographic Society.

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Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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