Samuel Rogers Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Samuel Rogers NPG 4920
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Sir Edwin Landseer
This drawing shows a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Rogers's preparation for one of his literary breakfasts. Landseer makes full use of his subject's ungainly pose as he scratches his back. His expression in the mirror suggests immense satisfaction. The intimacy of Landseer's caricatures indicates an exceptional degree of access, although they may of course be entirely fictitious. If Rogers saw these drawings, his reaction has not been recorded.
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










