Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Philip Kemble NPG D12964

© National Portrait Gallery, London

possibly by James Gillray

Actor, theatre manager and playwright, John Philip Kemble was the oldest son of Roger Kemble, who managed a touring theatre company. He followed his sister Sarah Siddons to Drury Lane, where he first appeared as Hamlet in 1783. He played a wide range of characters and excelled in Shakespearian tragedy, often appearing opposite Siddons. Between 1788 and 1796 he was also actor-manager at Drury Lane under Richard Brinsley Sheridan until he and Siddons defected to Covent Garden Theatre where he became manager and... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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