Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Effie Gray (Lady Millais) NPG 5160

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Thomas Richmond

The portrait was commissioned by Ruskin's father and the artist was given £20 in wine for it. After it had been shown at the Academy in 1851, Effie wrote to her mother: '...it is the most lovely piece of oil painting but much prettier than me. I look like a graceful Doll but John and his father are delighted with it'. She is wearing a gold and enamel bracelet brought for her by Ruskin in Geneva when they were on their way to Venice in... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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