Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

(John) Sims Reeves NPG Ax5428

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Richard Bentley & Son

Sims Reeves was the leading tenor of his generation. London-born, and trained in Paris and Milan, he made his London stage debut at Drury Lane in 1847 in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, later becoming principle tenor for several seasons at Drury Lane. His performances in oratorio were widely acclaimed, and he sang privately for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He later became professor of singing at the Guildhall School of Music.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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