Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Robert Graves NPG x25199

© estate of Daniel Farson / National Portrait Gallery, London

by Daniel Farson

Farson visited the poet, novelist and critic in his hometown of Deià, Majorca, where he had first moved in 1929. On commission for Picture Post, Farson was accompanied by the writer Robert Kee, whose resignation from the magazine resulted in the article being written by Graves' daughter. The author of I, Claudius (1935) is described as the 'Picasso among writers' on the publication of The Nazarene Gospel. Despite several misunderstandings during his stay, Farson recalled, 'no one could fail to photograph that impressive head successfully'.... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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