Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Hunt, Baron Hunt NPG x1931

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Howard Coster

In 1952 Hunt was given a special leave from the British Army of the Rhine to organise and lead the British expedition, which subsequently conquered Mount Everest in May 1953. Hunt did not reach the summit, but his planning enabled Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay to make the successful assault. Hunt himself, as leader, decided it was his responsibility to remain at base camp. As a young lieutenant, serving in India, he spent his leave climbing and exploring the Saltoro range of... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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