Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Vijay Patel; Bhikhu Patel NPG x125420

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Tom Miller

Born in Kenya where his father had migrated for work, Patel was five when his father died, leaving the family facing poverty. His resourceful mother started a nursery from their home, the income from which helped raise the family. Patel and his brother Bhikhu Patel came to Britain with British passports due to their father having opted for British citizenship (rather than Kenyan). With money-making ambitions from the offset, he chose to become a pharmacist. Working for a small pharmacy business, he learned the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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