Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir George Howland Beaumont, 7th Bt NPG D673

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds

Sir George Beaumont was one of the most influential patrons of the day. He was also the president of the British Institution, which was established in 1806 to provide an alternative exhibition space to the Royal Academy. In 1821, he travelled to Rome to seek out the young British artists whose flourishing academy he had heard so much about. Once in Rome, Beaumont met some of them and offered a few, including Charles Eastlake and John Gibson, prestigious commissions. In 1823, once... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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