Unknown scene: invalid in bed with three female visitors Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Unknown scene: invalid in bed with three female visitors NPG 3072(1a)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Henry Tonks
Born in Birmingham, Tonks studied medicine at Brighton (1882-5) and London Hospital (1885-1888). After qualifying he became a doctor at the Royal Free Hospital in London. He attended drawing lessons at the London Technical Institute where he met artist Frederick Brown. When Brown became principal of Slade Art School, he convinced Tonks to give up medicine and become one of it's teachers. At the Slade, Tonks taught Stanley Spencer, Mark Gertler, William Roberts and Christopher Nevinson. At the outbreak of... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










