Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir William Chambers NPG D19012

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Richard Houston, published by Robert Sayer, after Francis Cotes

Born in Gothenburg, Sweden to Scottish parents, Chambers worked for the Swedish East India Company, travelling to China where he studied Chinese architecture and decoration and then studied architecture in Paris and Italy before moving to London in 1755. He quickly attracted royal commissions notably the Chinese Pagoda at Kew. Best remembered for designing and building Somerset House, a project he worked on from 1775 to 1795. This Neo-classical development housed many government offices and provided accommodation for various learned societies, including the Royal Academy,... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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