Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Carlo Pellegrini NPG 3501

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Harry Furniss

Carlo Pellegrini was born in Italy in 1838. His father came from an ancient land-owning family, while his mother was descended from the Medici. He moved to London in 1864, where he became a favourite member of bohemian and aristocratic circles. In 1869, Thomas Gibson Bowles employed Pellegrini to produce caricatures for his new society magazine, Vanity Fair. His caricature of Benjamin Disraeli was the first lithograph to appear in the magazine. It was so popular that it helped to establish the idea... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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