Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

William John Bankes NPG D17608

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Henry Bone, after George Sanders (Saunders)

Bankes was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College Cambridge where he met Lord Byron, who became his close friend. In 1810, he joined his father in Parliament for two years, representing Truro. In 1812 Bankes left for Spain, where he started his tour of Europe, and between 1815 and 1819 he travelled through the Near East. As a skilled draughtsman and with help from his artist friends, Bankes recorded ancient sites and monuments and copied inscriptions, amassing a vast portfolio of notes, plans... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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