Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir William Schwenck Gilbert NPG 2911

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Frank Holl

The rather gloomy appearance of this gentleman, with his military moustache, high-necked collar and hunting crop belies the fact that he was one half of the immortal partnership of Gilbert and Sullivan, responsible for some of Britain's greatest comic operas. Gilbert qualified for the bar but abandoned it to write libretti for Sir Arthur Sullivan's music. Their work included HMS Pinafore (1878), Iolanthe (1882), The Mikado (1885), and The Yeomen of the Guard (1888). In this portrait Gilbert, who was obliged to ride for... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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