Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Elizabeth Vesey NPG 3131

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Unknown artist

The bluestocking hostess Elizabeth Vesey was known by her friends as 'Slyph', in allusion to her girlish figure and flirtatious wit. She was daughter of Sir Thomas Vesey, bishop of Ossory, and his wife, Mary. By 1746 she had married a wealthy cousin, Agmondesham Vesey of Lucan, a Member of the Irish Parliament. The Veseys split their time between England and Ireland, eventually living mostly in London and Elizabeth became famous for her intellectual salons.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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