Jacob Tonson II Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Jacob Tonson II NPG 4091
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
Publisher. He took over the business of his famous uncle of the same name and lived in his uncle's home at Barn Elms where he built a special room for the Kit-Cat Club portraits. Although the Club stopped meeting around this time, the younger Tonson wanted to capitalise on their fame - especially as the Whigs had come to power. He paid John Faber over £108 to engrave the plates and, in 1735, published a luxury series of mezzotints after the portraits.
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










