Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

William Dobson NPG 302

© National Portrait Gallery, London

after a self-portrait by William Dobson

When van Dyck died in 1641, Dobson inherited his mantle as the leading painter of the king and his Royalist followers during the first English civil war. Dobson is said to have copied van Dyck’s work as part of his training and, in this self-portrait, his pose emulates van Dyck's self-portrait, NPG 6987. Dobson was, however, much more than a skilled copyist: he had a very distinctive style, characterised by broader handling of paint. Both self-portraits were acquired by the writer Richard Graham... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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