Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir William Chambers; Joseph Wilton; Sir Joshua Reynolds NPG 987

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by John Francis Rigaud

This portrait depicts the three leading members of the Royal Academy in 1782, Treasurer, Keeper (from 1790) and President respectively. Chambers the architect holds a set square and points to an architectural plan, Wilton the sculptor holds a mallet and Reynolds the painter leans on a portfolio which includes an outline representation of Reynolds's portrait of Chambers which the artist gave to the Royal Academy. Wilton gestures towards a statue of the Apollo Belvedere, a reference to the three men's classicizing styles. The frame is... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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