Marie Curie, Pierre Curie ('People of the Day. No. 1 "Radium - Jehu Junior"' Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Marie Curie, Pierre Curie ('People of the Day. No. 1 "Radium - Jehu Junior"' NPG D45254
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Julius Mendes Price ('Imp')
The first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize and the first person to receive the prize twice. Curie and her husband Pierre Curie's research led to the discovery of two new radioactive elements, radium and polonium, the latter named after her homeland Poland. Their research was crucial to the development of X-rays and the treatment of cancer. Pierre insisted that his wife jointly receive their Nobel prize in 1903, after initially being omitted and for many years she was not recognised by the... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










