Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Harold Wilson NPG D17944(51)

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Cecil Beaton

Labour Prime Minister 1964-70 and 1974-6. Born in Huddersfield, Wilson studied at the University of Oxford, where he became an Economics lecturer. Elected to Parliament in 1945 at the age of 29, he served in Attlee's government and became Labour leader in 1963. At 48 Wilson became Britain's youngest Prime Minister since Pitt, winning four general elections, twice as Prime Minister. He led a series of cabinets through the 1960s and 70s which confirmed Britain's commitment to a welfare state. Wilson renegotiated... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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