Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Giovanni Battista Belzoni NPG 2515(1)

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by William Brockedon

Italian-born Belzoni moved to England in 1803 where he found work for a time as a strongman, actor and conjuror at fairs and theatres around the country. He travelled to Egypt having persuaded Mehmet Ali, Pasha of Egypt, that he could build a water-wheel superior to the traditional Egyptian machine. He built the wheel, but the Pasha rejected it and Belzoni was left destitute. John Lewis Burckhardt then employed Belzoni to remove the colossal bust of Ramesses II and transport it to England. This... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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