Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Selden NPG D16810

© National Portrait Gallery, London

after Unknown artist

Called to the Bar in 1612. His first major book, Titles of Honour, was published in 1614. His History of Tythes (1618), conceded the legal right of the Church of England to collect tithes, but denied divine authority. The book was suppressed, and the Privy Council forced Selden to recant his views. He was imprisoned twice for taking the side of the House of Commons (to which he was elected in 1623) against King Charles I, and from 1640, he took part in the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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