Thomas Milner Gibson Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Thomas Milner Gibson NPG D34464

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by William Holl Jr, published by Thomas Collins, after James Holmes

Entered Parliament as a Conservative MP in 1837 but resigned two years later having adopted Liberal views and became a supporter of the Free Trade movement. He re-entered Parliament in 1841 and from 1846 to 1848 he was vice-president of the Board of Trade in Lord John Russell's ministry, later serving as President of the Board of Trade (1859-66). Gibson was a leading spirit in the movement for the repeal of taxes on knowledge, and his efforts on behalf of journalism were recognised by... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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