Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Teresa ('Tess') (née Mayor), Baroness Rothschild NPG x31085

© Peter Lofts Photography / National Portrait Gallery, London

by Ramsey & Muspratt

Known for their natural, unaffected style of portraiture, Ramsey & Muspratt also experimented with solarisation, informed by the work of the surrealist artist Man Ray. The technique involved re-exposing the negative to a light source during the development process. This results in a final print that possesses both positive and negative qualities, with unusual areas of highlights and dark outlines, as seen around Mayor’s jaw line and neck. She was eighteen when this solarised portrait was made and later became a wartime intelligence officer... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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