Samuel Richardson Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Samuel Richardson NPG 6435

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Mason Chamberlin

Painted for Richardson's friend, Arthur Onslow, Speaker of the House of Commons. The portrait was described as a 'speaking likeness' by Thomas Edwards, another friend and shows Richardson in a characteristic pose, writing 'upon a little board . . . held in his hand'. In the background is a bust of Milton whose works Richardson much admired.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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