Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Astley Paston Cooper, 1st Bt NPG 316a(20)

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey

Cooper began his medical studies at St Thomas's Hospital. In 1800, he was appointed surgeon at Guy's Hospital and in 1813 he became professor of Comparative Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons. Cooper is remembered today for the method he developed of tying off arteries to treat aneurysms. Appointed surgeon to King George IV, he received a baronetcy in 1821.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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