Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Thomas Ripley NPG 5743

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Joseph Highmore

Architect. Ripley is said to have walked to London from Yorkshire to seek his fortune, initially working as a carpenter. As an architect in the Office of Works he came under the influence of the Palladian style promulgated by Lord Burlington and Colen Campbell. He was responsible for the Admiralty Building in Whitehall, 1723-6. He succeeded Sir John Vanbrugh as Comptroller of the King's Works in 1726.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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