Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Philip Mercier NPG D5678

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by John Faber Jr, after Philip Mercier

Berlin-born Mercier studied at the city's Akademie der Künste and also under Antoine Pesne. From 1711 he was court painter to Frederick I of Prussia, brother-in-law of George. In 1728, Frederick was made Prince of Wales in London. Mercier was commissioned to paint a series of whole-length portraits of the prince and his sisters, Princesses Anne, Amelia, and Caroline. He was appointed as the prince's principal painter. Mercier left the prince's service in 1736. He moved to York, where he... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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