Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Bt ('Men of the Day. No. 675.') NPG D44845

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Sir Leslie Ward

Painter; trained in London and Paris, and established his fame with his immense painting, Israel in Egypt, 1867; worked on a number of decorative schemes, his paintings of mythological subjects winning him a considerable contemporary reputation. Appointed the first Slade Professor in 1871, and director of art at South Kensington, 1875, Poynter was influential in introducing French principles of art teaching into England. He later served as Director of the National Gallery, 1894-1904, and President of the Royal Academy, 1896-1918.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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