Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Dryden NPG 6854

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by John Michael Wright

The portrait shows Dryden at around the time of his appointment as Poet Laureate in 1668. This date is supported by the style of his wig and by his appearance as a man in his thirties. The wreath around the cartouche surrounding the portrait, combined with the inscriptions, support the identification of the portrait as a depiction of Dryden at the time he was appointed poet laureate. The Latin inscriptions on the lower part of the cartouche are short quotations from six Latin poets, Virgil,... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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