Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Elias Ashmole NPG D29106

© National Portrait Gallery, London

after Unknown artist

A lawyer in London in the years leading up to the civil wars, on the outbreak of war Ashmole moved to Oxford, where he became interested in astrology. After returning to London in 1646, he added botany, alchemy, anatomy, logic and medicine to his list of interests. He formed an important collection of astrological, medical and historical manuscripts, which was enormously enriched in 1659 when the famous botanist, John Tradescant, presented Ashmole with his natural history specimens. Ashmole donated his collection to Oxford University,... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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