Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

George Meredith NPG 1981

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Sir Charles Holroyd

This may be the medal of George Meredith exhibited by Charles Holroyd in 1902, when it was described as 'a very artistic likeness - tender and dignified'. Holroyd studied at the Slade School of Art under Legros (1880-4). His influence is evident in this small soft-textured bronze medal of the Victorian poet and novelist. Although better known for his etchings, Holroyd also began to practise as a medallist around 1900. Another cast of the medal in the Tate collection was exhibited at the Royal Glasgow... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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