Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir John Fielding NPG D36918

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by and published by William Dickinson, and published by Thomas Watson, after Matthew William Peters

Blinded at the age of 19 in a navy accident, Sir John Fielding set up his own business and studied law. The blind magistrate and social reformer worked with his half-brother and fellow magistrate, the novelist Henry Fielding, to raise standards of honesty and competence amongst those engaged in the administration of justice. At his half-brother's death in 1754, he was appointed magistrate at Bow Street in his place, becoming renowned as the 'Blind Beak', and allegedly being able to recognise 3,000 criminals by... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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