Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

William Holwell-Carr NPG 5809

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Benjamin Burnell

Born William Holwell, he acquired the additional surname Carr in 1798. After graduating from Exeter College, Oxford, he travelled to Italy, where he studied art and began the picture buying which was to become his lifelong passion. In 1791, he was presented with the rich benefice of Menheniot in Cornwall by his old college. He never lived there, paying a curate to fulfil his duties for him, but his salary helped fund his art collecting. He devoted his energies to improving his collection. He bequeathed... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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