Sir Hubert von Herkomer Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Sir Hubert von Herkomer NPG x17950
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Harold Baker
Born in Germany, Herkomer's family settled in England, where he studied painting at Southampton and the South Kensington Schools. He worked first as an illustrator, but soon achieved great popular success with his subject paintings depicting the lives of the poor. He turned increasingly towards portraiture in the 1880s, and became one of the most successful and wealthy portraitists of the period. Herkomer built his own house, 'Lululaund' at Bushey, Hertfordshire, where he later experimented in various media, including mezzotint and enamels, as well as... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










