Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Effie Gray (Lady Millais) NPG P301(37)

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Herbert Watkins

Born Euphemia Chalmers Gray in Perth, Scotland, she married John Ruskin on 10 April 1848, who wrote The King of The Golden River (1841) especially for her. From 1851, Ruskin became a patron of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and Effie modelled for John Millais's painting Order of Release (1852-3). At the end of June 1853, they travelled to the Scottish Highlands, where Millais painted Ruskin's portrait at Glenfilas. Effie left Ruskin for Millais on 25 April 1854, and successfully sought an annulment, causing... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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