Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

William Roscoe NPG D39869

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Maxim Gauci, printed by Francis Moser, published by Colnaghi & Co, after a marble relief by John Gibson

Historian, poet, art collector, lawyer, politician and philanthropist, rose from humble beginnings in Liverpool to become one of the city's outstanding figures. He played an important role in developing the cultural life of the city. Roscoe was called to the Bar in 1774. He entered Parliament in 1806 where he fought against the slave trade. In 1795 he published his first historical work, The Life of Lorenzo de' Medici (1795), which made his reputation as a historian. His other major work, The Life of Pope... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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