Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

George Augustus Sala NPG x197387

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Unknown photographer, printed by William Wright

One of the most popular and prolific writers of his day, Sala was also one of its most flamboyant personalities. Sala had a bohemian upbringing distinct from most of his literary contemporaries. He was educated in Paris and became an artist, working as a theatrical scene-painter and illustrator for magazines. Exchanging pencil for pen, he began writing for Charles Dickens's publication Household Words in 1851. He went on to publish volumes of fiction, collected essays, travel writing and dramatic works but his greatest fame... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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