Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Paul Robeson NPG D47187

© National Portrait Gallery, London

published by W.D. & H.O. Wills

The son of a former slave, Robeson graduated at the top of his class from Rutgers University in New Jersey where he studied law. In 1919, he attended Columbia Law School, but turned to the performing arts due to the lack of opportunities for black legal professionals. Robeson's early stage success came with his title role in Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones in New York (1924) and London (1925). Between 1925 and 1942, he appeared in eleven feature films, including Show Boat (1936), Song of... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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