Jem Belcher Greetings Card

Prix habituel £4.00

Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Jem Belcher NPG 5214

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Charles Allingham

Prize fighter of great rapidity ('You heard his blows, you did not see them') and unbeaten until he lost an eye playing at rackets in 1803. Seen here at the height of his powers, wearing a 'belcher', the name given to his style of spotted neckcloths.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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