Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Richard Tompson NPG D11851

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Francis Place, published by John Smith, after Gilbert Soest

With Alexander Browne, Richard Tompson played a pivotal role in the development of the English mezzotint. They were the first publishers to issue large runs of mezzotints of distinct quality and format and in an organised manner. Tompson himself was not a printmaker, and his plates were made by engravers including Jan Van Somer, Jan Van der Vaart and Robert Williams. In 1669 Tompson co-published with Browne the latter's Ars pictorial, a treatise on art combining art theory and practical instructions. From... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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