Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere NPG D20627

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Joseph Slater

Statesman, poet and founding Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. As a politician Ellesmere was an early advocate of free trade and served in a number of government positions. He was a supporter of the project for London University and combined his public life with a keen interest in literature and history, translating and editing numerous works. In 1856 he presented the first portrait to enter the collection of the newly founded National Portrait Gallery, the 'Chandos' portrait of Shakespeare.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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