Profile of horses for Statue of the Duke of Wellington Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Profile of horses for Statue of the Duke of Wellington NPG 316a(135)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
Though destined to become one of the most famous sculptors of his age, Chantrey began life as a painter. In his memoirs the artist Charles Robert Leslie remembered Chantrey as 'handsome (his mouth exceedingly beautiful) with a bluff John Bull look'. The most outstanding sculptor of his generation, Chantrey executed portrait busts, public monuments and memorials. His success was the result of his study of character, combining direct observation with simplicity of form. Chantrey had little formal training. He was born of a poor... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










