Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Charles Darwin NPG Ax29139

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Julia Margaret Cameron, published by T. Fisher Unwin

This portrait of Darwin in his late fifties was taken by the pioneer woman photographer Julia Margaret Cameron at her home on the Isle of Wight in 1868. Cameron positioned and lit her sitters carefully in an attempt to elevate the artistic impact of her portrait photographs. By this time Darwin's poor health had taken its toll on his appearance and he had grown a beard to soothe his facial eczema. He was delighted, however, with the result and it was thought by his... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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