Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

The Monks of Kennaquhair NPG P6(144)

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson

Johnstone qualified and practised as a solicitor in Edinburgh but he decided to abandon law for art. He studied art at evening classes before visiting Italy between 1842 and 1844. Johnstone was elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1840 and a full academician in 1848, and contributed work each year to the annual exhibitions. He became treasurer to the academy in 1850 and acted as librarian between 1853 and 1857. Johnstone was involved in the establishment of the National Gallery of Scotland... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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