Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

James Brindley NPG D13400

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Robert Dunkarton, after Francis Parsons

The engineer James Brindley began business as a repairer of old machinery at Leek, Staffordshire, in 1742. Commissioned by the Duke of Bridgewater to build a canal from Worsley to Salford in 1759, he subsequently constructed about 350 miles of canals, including the 'Bridgewater' linking Manchester to Liverpool and the 'Grand Trunk' linking Manchester to the Potteries.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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