Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Edward Colston NPG D27544

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by George Vertue, after Jonathan Richardson

Born in Bristol, Edward Colston was an apprentice at the Mercers' Company in London and built up a lucrative business trading in textiles and wool. In 1680 he became a member of the Royal African Company, which at the time had a monopoly on the transatlantic slave trade. Much of his wealth was made from buying and selling enslaved people. Despite living and trading in London he was a major benefactor to Bristol where he founded almshouses and endowed schools, churches and hospitals. He also... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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