Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

William Martin Leake NPG 6481

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Christian Albrecht Jensen

Leake made extensive exploratory journeys around Greece for the British army during the Napoleonic wars. In 1802 he embarked on Lord Elgin's ship, Mentor, as it headed for England with some of the Parthenon marbles, narrowly escaping drowning when the ship sank. Following this period of adventure, he devoted his life to antiquarianism and numismatics. Much of Leak's scholarship draws upon observations made on the spot, often in conditions of haste and physical danger. Between 1814 and 1856, he published works sympathetic to the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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