Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Benjamin Charles Jones ('Ben Ch Jones The Author of 1000000 Lectures as he appeared at the Mary-Le-Bone County Court on the 1st August 1864 and was sketched from life by One who would not be his Dupe') NPG Ax63973

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Camille Silvy

Coming from a French aristocratic background, Silvy established himself as one of the leading portrait photographers in London. He moved to London in 1859 and bought Caldesi and Montecchi's studio on Porchester Terrace, which became renowned for its tasteful furnishings. Except for Queen Victoria, he photographed all of the Royal Family and most of the British aristocracy. By 1864 he had forty employees. He kept daybooks with the details of each sitter, the date, and a file print, and these are now in the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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