Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir William Schwenck Gilbert ('Men of the Day. No. 244.') NPG D44013

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Sir Leslie Ward

Gilbert's military ambitions were frustrated by the end of the Crimean War in 1856 and, having been called to the bar in 1863, he experienced little success as a lawyer and abandoned it for literature. His mastery of witty humour and satire was honed during the 1860s by his contributions to Fun magazine. He wrote numerous plays, sketches and stories. His name is irrevocably linked with Sir Arthur Sullivan, for whose music he wrote the libretti of the 'Savoy' operas, among them HMS Pinafore,... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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