Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon NPG D20424

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Henry Edward Dawe, published by Zachariah Sweet, after Charles Penny

A prominent political figure, John Scott was considered the greatest lawyer of his time. He developed trademark law by issuing numerous injunctions against merchants who sold goods bearing the name of other traders and also consolidated equity into a working body of legal principles. Scott was called to the Bar in 1776 and entered the House of Commons in 1783. As Attorney General from 1793 to 1799 he conducted the notorious prosecutions for high treason against political dissenters and sympathisers with French republicanism. In 1799... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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