Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

George Grossmith as Ko-Ko in 'The Mikado' NPG x16919

© National Portrait Gallery, London

probably by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by David Bogue

Grossmith played the chief comic roles in many Gilbert and Sullivan operas including Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, Reginald Bunthorne in Patience and Ko-Ko, the 'Lord High Executioner', in The Mikado. Although he lacked a true operatic voice, his intonation and diction were excellent and most of Gilbert's tongue-twisting patter songs were composed for him. He went on to become the most popular solo entertainer of the day. His fame endures through his comic novel, written in collaboration with his brother... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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