Six British Paralympic Athletes Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Six British Paralympic Athletes NPG 6669
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by John Lessore
The portrait by John Lessore is set in the Stadium in Sydney, during the celebrations on the last night of the 2000 Paralympic Games. The six sportsmen and women represented are all multi-gold medallists who took part in the 2000 Games. They are depicted celebrating the success of the British team, among a fireworks display and aeroplane fly-past. Lessore, himself a paraplegic and wheelchair user spent over two years working on this ambitious painting from 2002-2004. He took various trips around the country to study... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










