Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John King NPG D25875

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Simon de Passe

A celebrated Calvinist preacher, King was at one time chaplain to the Lord Keeper Thomas Egerton. The latter's household included John Donne, who became a close friend of King's eldest son, Henry. Upon his arrival in London in 1603, James I made King one of his chaplains in ordinary. He was one of the most popular court preachers of the reign, held in high regard by Queen Anne and praised in punning fashion by James as 'the king of preachers'. King... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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