Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

William Wordsworth NPG D36298

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Edward McInnes, published by Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after Margaret Gillies

Wordsworth experienced recurring episodes of the infectious disease trachoma, which causes painful inflammation of the eyelids and can lead to temporary or long-term blindness, from 1805 until his death. Described by his daughter Dora as a 'blind man' during one instance, he sought repeated medical advice to manage symptoms, which often confined him to darkened rooms for days. He was also advised that the writing of poetry could exacerbate the condition. Wordsworth was recovering from a recent inflammation when the artist Margaret Gillies painted the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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