Jacob Epstein with his 'Christ in Majesty' Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Jacob Epstein with his 'Christ in Majesty' NPG x29399
© Geoffrey Ireland / National Portrait Gallery, London
by Geoffrey Ireland
Ireland took this photograph at the Royal College of Art, where Epstein worked on commissions that were too large for his studio, and published it in Epstein: A Camera Study of the Artist at Work. Laurie Lee's introduction to this book praised Ireland for capturing 'the human figure of the artist himself, rapt and unposed, moving among his creations'. Epstein is shown here next to Christ in Majesty, a commission from Llandaff Cathedral. Epstein waived part of his fee for this sculpture so that it... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










