Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Liston as Billy Lackaday in 'Sweethearts and Wives' NPG D5778

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by T. Marlay

John Liston was one of London's leading comic actors during the Regency and the first comedian to command a salary greater than that of a tragedian. An early specialist in Cockney parts, he first found fame playing the buffoon in a double-act with Charles Mathews. Snub-nosed, red-cheeked and enormously broad-bottomed, Liston had only to appear on stage to set the audience laughing. He shrewdly chose costumes to accentuate his comic appearance and specialised in physical gags and easy humour. His most famous role, Paul... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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