Sir Peter Lely Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Peter Lely NPG 951

© National Portrait Gallery, London

after Sir Peter Lely

The Dutch artist Peter Lely was trained in Haarlem and came to London in the 1640s. In the early part of his career, he painted Biblical and mythological scenes, but it was as a portraitist that he established his reputation, and he worked throughout the civil wars and Interregnum. At the Restoration he was appointed Principal Painter to King Charles II and he was knighted in 1680. By far the most fashionable and influential painter of his time, he also formed a celebrated collection... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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