Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Giovanni Matteo de Candia (Mario) NPG Ax28522

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by W. & D. Downey

Born in Cagliari, Sardinia to an aristocratic family, he studied at the Royal Military Academy. Whilst serving as a second-lieutenant to the King of Sardinia's Guards in Turin, he got into some debt, his father's refusal to help him financially, led to him being expelled from the army on 24 November 1836. He travelled to Paris where he was welcomed at the salons. He performed as an amateur tenor at the salon of Principessa Cristina Belgiojoso, supplicating his income by giving fencing and riding lessons.... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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