Sir Lionel Henry Cust Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Sir Lionel Henry Cust NPG x7093
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Unknown photographer
As Director of the National Portrait Gallery (1895-1909), he oversaw its establishment on the present site. He held the Directorship jointly with that of Surveyor of the King's Pictures (1901-27). The most prolific contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography (1900), Cust wrote more than three hundred entries. He was co-editor of the Burlington with Roger Fry from 1909 to 1919, and as major contributor on early British art, particularly portraiture, was a foil to Fry in many ways including in the matter of... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










