Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Bt ('A view in the Justice Room, Guildhall') NPG D13318

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean

Served as Lord Mayor of London from 1815 to 1817 and was a Whig MP from 1817 to 1843. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to his uncle, a chemist and druggist in Exeter. He moved to London in 1790 where he continued in this line of trade. In 1802, he patented a colouring matter for beer and went into business with a hop merchant. As Mayor of London Wood took a lead in many city improvements, and gained popularity for the way... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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