Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Mary Wollstonecraft NPG 1237

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by John Opie

The writer Mary Wollstonecraft is portrayed in this painting with the utmost simplicity. She wears a high-waisted white cotton gown while her plainly-styled hair is partially covered by a soft hat. She made her views on dress clear in her published work, stating that it should neither distort nor hide the human form but rather 'adorn the person and not rival it'. This reflected the French Revolutionary emphasis on man's natural rights and honesty; rejecting disguise and ostentation to reveal the 'real' person. Even for... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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