Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Andrew John Wiles NPG 6994

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Rupert Alexander

The portrait shows Andrew Wiles seated, in two-thirds profile. The background is undefined and the sitter is presented as an isolated, thoughtful, figure. In discussing an artist, Andrew Wiles favoured a realistic and traditional approach to portraiture, citing Romney as a favourite portrait artist. There were five sittings for this portrait; one at Merton College in Oxford and four in Alexander's London studio, each lasting around four hours. Using a palette of blues and greens, Alexander has achieved a nocturnal and ethereal effect that he... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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