Francis Price Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Francis Price NPG 1960

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by George Beare

In this portrait, Francis Price holds a drawing of the eastern crossing roofs of Salisbury Cathedral, which he had designed. His book of observations on the cathedral is one of the first architectural studies of a Gothic building. The painted wooden frame of the portrait alludes to Price's popular book of instruction The British Carpenter, used by builders and architects, including Nicholas Hawksmoor, who called it a 'very useful and instructive piece'. More detailed information on this portrait is available in a National... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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