Sir George Grey Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir George Grey NPG 1290

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Sir Hubert von Herkomer

This portrait was an unusual addition to the National Portrait Gallery’s collection in 1901. The painting, which was not made from the life but is a posthumous image, and which entered the collection less than ten years after the death of the sitter, broke two of the Gallery’s rules on acquisitions. The Gallery agreed to waive these rules in response to a request from the Sir George Grey Memorial Committee.
During a long career as a colonial statesman, Grey had held the positions of... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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