Frieda Emma Johanna Maria Lawrence (née von Richthofen) Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Frieda Emma Johanna Maria Lawrence (née von Richthofen) NPG x23261
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Howard Coster
Born in Metz, Germany, Frieda Lawrence came to England with her first husband Ernest Weekley, a university professor based in Nottingham, with whom she had three children. In Nottingham, she met the young writer D. H. Lawrence and in 1912, they eloped, marrying in 1914. Lawrence described Frieda as 'the one possible woman for me, for I must have opposition-something to fight'. The couple travelled extensively together. After the death of Lawrence in 1930, Frieda settled on their ranch in Taos, New Mexico. Her... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










