Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Elizabeth Wriothesley (née Vernon), Countess of Southampton NPG 570

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Unknown artist

Elizabeth Vernon married Shakespeare's patron Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton in 1598. This portrait shows her in her forties, after several decades of marriage. She wears an 'S' pendant that alludes to her marital title, and a locket, probably containing a miniature portrait, hanging from a gold chain.
X-ray photography has revealed that a portrait of a man was painted beneath this image. The figure can be seen slightly lower and to the right of the existing portrait. It closely resembles the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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