Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Lazarus Colleredo and Baptista Colleredo NPG D28521

© National Portrait Gallery, London

possibly by Wenceslaus Hollar

Born in Genoa, Italy, Lazarus and his brother Baptista Colleredo were Italian conjoined twins. To make a living, Lazarus toured around Europe and visited many places including Basel, Switzerland and Copenhagen, Denmark before he arrived in Scotland in 1642 and later visited the court of Charles I of England. Lazarus also visited Turkey and toured Germany and Italy in 1646. Contemporary accounts described Lazarus as courteous and handsome 'except for his brother who just dangled before him'. When Lazarus was not exhibiting himself,... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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