Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Frederick William Beechey NPG 911

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Stephen Pearce

Beechey entered the Navy in July 1806 and served on a number of ships before, in 1818 he went on the Arctic expedition of which he later published an account, Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole. He embarked on many other surveying missions, including the north coast of Africa, South America and the coast of Ireland. From 1850 until his death he was Superintendent of the Marine Department of the Board of Trade; he was consulted on all Arctic issues and contributed papers to... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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