Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Bright NPG x4310

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Rupert Potter

A rare example of one of Potter's photographs published as a carte-de-visite, the most popular format for commercially produced photographs from the 1860s until the 1890s. Potter registered several photographs of Bright for copyright, revealing his intention to publish them and some aspiration towards professional photography, supported by the appearance of a selection in the illustrated press. Potter presented this photograph to the National Portrait Gallery on 21 December 1872, and it was signed on the reverse by Bright during a visit to the Gallery... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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