Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Charles Hatchett NPG 316a(65)

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey

The son of a wealthy coachbuilder, Hatchett was self-taught in chemistry and mineralogy. He initially joined the family business, but from 1791 he concentrated on scientific research. An analysis of lead molybdate in 1796 established his reputation as a mineral chemist and the following year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Between 1796 and 1806 he published many important scientific papers. In 1801 he wrote a paper describing his analysis of a mineral sample that had been in the British Museum since... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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