Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

James Boswell NPG D14282

© National Portrait Gallery, London

published by John Sewell, after Sir Joshua Reynolds

Born in Edinburgh in 1740, Boswell was the son of the Laird of Auchinleck, a title he later inherited. In 1762, having qualified as a lawyer, he travelled to London hoping to rub shoulders with ‘men of genius’ and in particular his literary hero, Samuel Johnson. He realised this ambition the following year when he met Johnson in a Covent Garden bookshop. The two men became close friends despite having differing views on topics such as the slave trade. Boswell called Johnson’s views against... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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