Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Granville Sharp NPG 1158

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by George Dance

Sharp is best remembered for his efforts for the abolition of slavery. A clerk in the government Ordnance Department, his life was changed as the result of a chance meeting at his brother's house in 1765. Sharp's brother William was a doctor who gave free treatment to London's poor. A slave, Jonathan Strong, was seeking treatment after being beaten by his owner. Sharp took up his case. He became involved in litigation in which it was decided that a slave remained the property of... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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