Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir John Soane NPG D41803

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by and published by Charles Turner, after Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey

An architect and collector, Soane was the son of a bricklayer who began his education in the architectural office of George Dance, one of the leading Neo-classical architects of the day. In 1771, he enrolled in the Royal Academy Schools where he won a gold medal for his design for a triumphal bridge (1776) and a scholarship to study in Italy (1778-81). In 1788, he was appointed Surveyor to the Bank of England. Many other public and private commissions followed, among them Dulwich Picture... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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