Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Samuel Morley NPG x4971

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Frederick Gutekunst

Samuel Morley was the youngest son of a hosiery manufacturer. He joined the family firm at the age of sixteen and by 1860 his father and brother had retired, leaving him in sole charge of the business. The firm had initially employed knitters in their homes in Nottingham, but under Morley the business grew rapidly, with huge mills in several cities employing thousands of staff. In 1865 was elected to Parliament as an MP. He was a strong Liberal and a whole-hearted supporter of ... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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