Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Benjamin Franklin NPG D2369

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, after Charles Nicolas Cochin

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin's achievements as a statesman, diplomat and writer influenced the outcome of the American War of Independence (1775-83). He is recognised as Foundling Father of the United States of America, being the only person to sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the Peace Treaty in 1783 and the United States Constitution in 1787. The study of electricity was also a particular interest and he published Experiments and Observations on Electricity in 1751. In 1743 he co-founded The Philosophical Society... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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