Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Richard Hooker Wilmer NPG x159634

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by R.W. Harrison

After Britain lost the American War of Independence in 1783, the newly formed American Episcopal Church broke from the Church of England. Richard Wilmer was a fierce advocate of the independence of the Church from the State, and vocally supported the Southern states' claims for confederacy. Once civil war broke out he briefly served as a captain, but returned to the Church to urge men to take up arms. In 1861 Wilmer was elected Bishop of Alabama; the only bishop to be elected while the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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