Jane Bown Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Jane Bown NPG x133155
© estate of Bob Collins / National Portrait Gallery, London
by Bob Collins
Born in 1925, Bown worked as a chart corrector in the Wrens, 1944-46. She was a student photographer at Guildford School of Art, 1946-50. Bown started her photographic career 56 years ago when her portrait of Bertrand Russell appeared in The Observer. Admired for her straightforward, naturally posed, black and white portraits usually taken with available light. Her published books include The Gentle Eye (1980) which was accompanied by a major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, 1980-81, Women of Consequence (1986), Men of... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










