Abraham Van der Doort Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Abraham Van der Doort NPG D28323

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Thomas Chambers (Chambars), possibly after William Dobson

Little is known of van der Doort's early life. He was probably the son of Peter van Doort, an engraver of Dutch descent who was working in Hamburg in the early years of the seventeenth century. In around 1610 he arrived in England and joined the service of Henry, Prince of Wales, as Keeper of his new cabinet room. After Henry's death in 1612, his collection of paintings, medals, coins and other objects was inherited by Charles, and van der Doort accompanied the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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