- Postcard measures 149mm x 105mm
- Material: 300gsm premium art board
Margaret Tempest was born into a well known Ipswich family: her father served as Mayor of Ipswich when she was a girl, her elder brother Roger was Rector of nearby Kersey, and her younger brother Frank, a solicitor, in due course also became Mayor. She early on showed a gift for drawing and attended the art school in Ipswich before going on to Westminster School of Art in 1914. From there she co-founded and was secretary of the Chelsea Illustrators Club, a group of some 17 former students who set up a studio in a barn off the King’s Road. Between 1919 and 1939 they put on annual exhibitions and ran a successful business, selling their work and producing commercial material including Christmas cards.