Sir John Soane Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Sir John Soane NPG 316a(111)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
'whether the bust I have made shall be considered like John Soane, or Julius Caesar, is a point that cannot be determined by you or me, I will however, maintain that as a work of art I have never produced a better.' Sir Francis Chantrey to Sir John Soane, 1829
This drawing of the architect Sir John Soane was made for a marble bust that Chantrey gave Soane in exchange for the design of an anteroom to Chantrey's sculpture gallery. Soane placed the bust among... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










