Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Wilkes ('English Liberty established or a Mirrour for Posterity') NPG D21661

© National Portrait Gallery, London

printed for J. Lee, sold by John Williams, sold by J. Kingsberry

Radical politician. Wilkes's imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. Arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech in his newspaper The North Briton, his case became a popular cause, sparking violent public protests to the cry of 'Wilkes and Liberty'. Finally permitted to take his seat in 1774, he was then elected Lord Mayor of London. With his squint, crossed eyes and long jaw, Wilkes was called the ugliest... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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