Eric Portman Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Eric Portman NPG D488
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Hubert Leslie
Portman was apprenticed as a salesman in his father's business, devoting his leisure to amateur dramatics with the Halifax Opera Society. He made his professional stage debut in 1924, before being engaged by Lilian Baylis for the Old Vic Company. He starred as Romeo in 1928 at the Old Vic and forged a reputation as a noted Shakespearian actor. In the 1930s, he began appearing in films; in 1935 alone, he appeared in four films, including Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn.... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










