Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Thomas Wolsey NPG D33089

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Paul Fourdrinier (Pierre)

'Of vast ability and indefatigable', Wolsey was a butcher's son from Ipswich who rose to become Henry VIII's most powerful minister in the early part of his reign. He was a talented statesmen who was created a Cardinal by Pope Leo X in 1515 and was made Lord Chancellor by Henry the same year, succeeding William Warham in the post. He founded Cardinal College, Oxford (later refounded as Christ Church) and built the palace of Hampton Court. Wolsey promoted the King's ambitious... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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