Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Edward John Trelawny NPG 2882

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Bryan Edward Duppa

Entered the Royal Navy aged thirteen and circumnavigated the globe. He deserted and joined a band of pirates, with whom he sailed around the Indian Ocean. Having returned to England, in 1822 he travelled to Pisa, where he met Shelley and Byron. Trelawny and Shelley were close friends when Shelley drowned, and Trelawny was one of the witnesses at his cremation, even snatching Shelly's heart from the fire. With Byron he took part in the Greek War of Independence, and was briefly married... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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