Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

The Alma-Tadema Banquet NPG x19022

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Fradelle & Young

In 1899, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's contribution to the British art world was acknowledged with a knighthood. He is pictured standing at the top table, to the left here, at a celebratory banquet held in his honour at the Whitehall Rooms, Hotel Metropole, London. With about 180 guests, almost every significant late nineteenth-century artist was present. Alma-Tadema remarked that 'without the approval of the brethren the honour would lose nearly all its attraction', exemplifying the emphasis he placed on his personal relationships. He was awarded the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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