Edith Hart-Davis (Wallace), later Lady Brougham and Vaux ('Mrs Richard Hart-Davis as Andromeda') Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Edith Hart-Davis (Wallace), later Lady Brougham and Vaux ('Mrs Richard Hart-Davis as Andromeda') NPG x32989

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Yevonde

In Greek mythology Andromeda was the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia. Her mother's boasting of her beauty angered Poseidon, God of the Sea who sent a monster to prey upon their country. The monster could only be appeased by the sacrifice of the king's daughter. Yevonde represents Andromeda chained at her wrists to a rock awaiting her fate. However Perseus, the son of Zeus and Danae, equipped with magic sandals in his mission to sever the gorgon, Medusa's head, happened to fly by and intervened... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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