Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

George Vertue NPG 4876

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by George Vertue

This self-portrait was probably intended for an engraving to attract a royal patron. Vertue highlights his skill as an artist by pointing to his own engraving of the 'Chandos' portrait of Shakespeare . He holds a miniature of his patron Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford. The bust of Charles I, a famous royal patron of the arts, and motto which translates as 'Honour nourishes the arts' topped with the Prince of Wales's feathers suggests that this image was intended to appeal... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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