Eleanor James Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Eleanor James NPG 5592

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Unknown artist

Eleanor James was a British printer who used her own printing press to address public concerns throughout her adult life. At seventeen, she married Thomas James, a printer in London. Between 1681 and 1716 she wrote, printed, and distributed more than ninety broadsides and pamphlets addressing political, religious, and commercial concerns. These sheets were nearly always given titles including her name as well, such as Mrs. James's Advice. The papers are addressed to monarchs, the houses of Lords and Commons, the lord mayor and aldermen... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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