Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Reverend Aaron NPG D31635

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by George Vertue, after Unknown artist

Born into a Vellala caste family in Cuddalore in the South India state of Tamil Nadu, he was originally named Arumugam by his father, a merchant. When the first Protestant mission in India opened a school in his neighbourhood, he was one of the first students at the school to learn from Tamil books printed by the Tranquebar Lutheran Mission. In 1718 he travelled to Tranquebar where he was baptised and Christened 'Aaron' by Bartholomaeus Ziegenbaig a pioneer of Protestant missionary activity in India. Aaron... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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