Study for 'Patrons and Lovers of Art' Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Study for 'Patrons and Lovers of Art' NPG 795

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Pieter Christoffel Wonder

This is a preliminary study for a painting of an imaginary gallery populated by the leading art collectors and patrons of the day. A more finished study for the same painting hangs alongside.
Seated is George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1857) who is best known for his association with Turner at Petworth House in Sussex. He was a significant patron of contemporary artists and a founder of the British Institution in 1805. Standing to the left in profile is the MP Sir Robert... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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