John Wesley Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Wesley NPG 317

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by William Hamilton

Wesley is portrayed wearing a black cassock and gown, standing at a pulpit. Although Wesley does not mention the artist, the portrait would appear to be the one begun on 22 December 1787 when Wesley wrote: 'I yielded to the importunity of a painter, and sat an hour and a half, in all, for my picture. I think it was the best that ever was taken; but what is the picture of a man above fourscore?' The portrait is signed and dated at bottom left:... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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