Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Crucifixion NPG D11890

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Isaac Beckett, published by John Smith, after Sir Anthony van Dyck

A pioneer of the mezzotint process. Born in Northampton, he moved to London to become a printer's apprentice. He turned his attention to mezzotint engraving and became the pupil of Jan Van der Vaart. In the first nine years of his career Smith worked for five publishers: Richard Palmer, Edward Cooper, Alexander Browne, Pierce Tempest and Isaac Beckett. He began publishing for himself in 1687, and from 1692 worked only for himself. When Beckett died in 1688, Smith inherited his... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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