Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Ken Dodd NPG 6702

© David Cobley / National Portrait Gallery, London

by David Cobley

The portrait was worked up from preparatory drawings and oil sketches made on the basis of several meetings with the subject. Cobley, who describes his picture as 'an affectionate tribute', shows Dodd backstage. Though out of costume and make up, he suggests the experience of viewing him on stage, through the performative gesture reflected in the mirror both in front and behind him. Cobley emphasises Dodd's features; known for his gigantic smile and trademark teeth, he was once described as capable of conveying 'every expression... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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