Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

William Shakespeare NPG Ax39783

© National Portrait Gallery, London

after John Faed

Small cartes-de-visites like the one displayed here could be purchased cheaply. Collectors pasted them into albums of celebrities and national heroes. Images of Shakespeare in the home also conveniently suggested that their owners were cultured and well-educated.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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