Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'Mr Mathews In His 'At Home' of 1821' (Charles Mathews) NPG D5229

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank

The comic actor Charles Mathews's distinctive appearance, lop-sided mouth and remarkable gift for mimicry ensured huge contemporary popularity. In a double-act with fellow comedian John Liston, Mathews played the quick-thinking wit to Liston's gullible fool. During the summer months he toured the provinces and began to develop the idea of a one-man show. This eventually became the famous Mr Mathews at Home which combined mimicry, story-telling, quick-change artistry, comic songs and improvisation. It was equally popular in England and the USA where he toured... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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