Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sake Dean Mahomed NPG D46405

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by William Maddocks, published by J. Cordwell

Born into the Indian 'Nai' (barbers) caste, Mahomed served in the East India Company Army before emigrating to Ireland. He was the first Indian to publish a book in English with The Travels of Dean Mahomet, an autobiography. He converted from Islam to Anglicanism to marry Jane Daly because laws at the time prohibited Protestants marrying non-Protestants. Moving to London, he introduced 'Champi' head massage, practised by barbers in India, to Sir Basil Cochrane's new vapour bath at Portman Square. Eager to start his own... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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