Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet' NPG x197241

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Henry Van der Weyde

Photographed in costume for Anderson's role at the Lyceum Theatre in London, this beautifully lit image was created by Van der Weyde who pioneered the use of the electric light in studio photography during the 1870s. The Times remarked of his portraits: 'In the perfect modelling of the features, the delicacy of the lights and shadows, and the general truthfulness of the delineation, these pictures leave nothing to be desired' (25 December 1877).

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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