Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Evelyn NPG D30350

© National Portrait Gallery, London

after Robert Nanteuil

Evelyn's varied life and wide range of interests are reflected in his writings, on subjects as diverse as forestry, engraving, numismatics, air pollution and refrigeration. A Founder Fellow of the Royal Society (1660), Evelyn wrote the first book to be published by the Society, Sylva, or a Discourse on Forest Trees (1664), in which he argued for a policy of tree planting to ensure the maintenance of the Navy. He is best known, however, for his Diary, which provides a detailed record of and commentary... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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