Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Peter Cook NPG x76435

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by David Wedgbury

Comedian and writer Cook greatly influenced British satire during the 1960s. With his business partner Nicholas Luard, he purchased Private Eye in 1962 and turned round the fortunes of the magazine with financial and creative input. His ground-breaking sketch show Beyond the Fringe (1961-64) created with Jonathan Miller, Dudley Moore and Alan Bennett was described by critic Kenneth Tynan as 'the moment when English comedy took its first decisive step into the second half of the twentieth century'. In October... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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