Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'The Society for the Encouragement of Arts &c in the distribution of their annual premiums' NPG D14352

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by James Barry

Painter; born in Cork of humble parents, he attracted the patronage of the statesman, Edmund Burke who sent him to Italy. Inspired by antique art, he executed several large historical works in a neo-classical style and, from 1777 to 1783, he decorated the great room of the Society of Arts. An ardent spokesman for high art, he became disillusioned with contemporary patronage and quarrelled with most of his colleagues.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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