Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir John Gurney NPG D35072

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by William Holl Sr, printed by McQueen & Co, published by Robert Cribb & Son, after George Henry Harlow

Trained in the law, John Gurney was called to the Bar in 1793. He was made King's Counsel in 1816. He held the first place in the King's Bench, and was also leader of the home circuit. In 1820 Gurney conducted the prosecution of two of the Cato Street conspirators, and procured their conviction. In 1832 he was appointed a baron of the exchequer and knighted. Gurney retired in 1845.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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