Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Gerlach Flicke; Henry Strangwish (Strangways) NPG 6353

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Gerlach Flicke

This is the earliest known oil self-portrait produced in England. It was produced when both men were in prison, probably the Tower of London. Strangwish was imprisoned for his piracy, but the nature of Flicke's crime is not known. The English inscription above Strangwish, shown holding a lute, reads: 'Strangwish, thus strangely depicted is One prisoner, for thother, hath done this/ Gerlin, hath garnisht, for his delight This woorck whiche you se, before youre sight'. The Latin inscription above Flicke, who is shown holding his... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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