Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Engraving after 'Men of Science Living in 1807-8' NPG 1075a

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by George Zobel, and William Walker

Donkin was instrumental in founding the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1822. His first major venture was the development of the Fourdrinier papermaking machine. Although the original idea was not his, the development work on the machine was due to him, and the merit of his work was recognised with a gold medal at the Great Exhibition of 1851. He was involved in three other major projects, concerned with printing, canning, and scientific instrument making. His reputation led him to be involved as a... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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