Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'Photograph of Prisoner' (said to be Jean Luie) NPG Ax134380

© National Portrait Gallery, London

copy by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company

Luie was considered a crucial witness in the Tichborne criminal trial based on his claims that he had been a steward on the Osprey, the ship that allegedly rescued survivors of the shipwrecked Bella, and that he recognised the Claimant as one of them. His evidence was suspicious and the trial was suspended to follow up his story, where it was discovered he had only recently been released from Chatham Prison. His story raised important questions about the value of testimony. Luie was convicted for... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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