Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Bt NPG D7833

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by William Holl Sr, or by William Holl Jr, after Henry Perronet Briggs

In 1808 Buxton began working for the London brewery Truman, Hanbury & Company. Three years later he was appointed a partner and subsequently became its owner. A member of the Church of England, Buxton also attended Quaker meetings and became involved in the social reform movement, helping raise money for the London weavers who were forced into poverty by new factories. He also provided financial support for Elizabeth Fry's prison reform work, and became a member of her Association for the Improvement of the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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