Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir William Petty NPG D11978

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by and published by John Smith, after John Closterman

A physician, natural scientist, inventor and political economist, Petty was a founding fellow of the Royal Society. He overcame a humble origin to rise rapidly following the Parliamentary victory in the civil war. Petty was elected Professor of Anatomy at Oxford in 1651, and made a fortune following Cromwell's conquest of Ireland by surveying the land to be confiscated and distributed amongst the victors. He retained his positions at the Restoration and impressed Charles II with his design for a double-keeled ship. He... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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