Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos NPG 530

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Herman van der Myn

This unusual painting of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos is actually part of a larger picture, which we know about from eighteenth-century descriptions. In 1751 the Dutch artist Johan van Gool recalled seeing a life-sized portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Chandos, with the Duchess painting the portrait of her husband. The picture was cut in half at some point, so only the Duke remains. But at the right hand side the Duchess's foot, and the canvas she was working on, can still... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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